--- title: "1 Risk Win Quotes By Ed Seykota" description: "1 Risk Win quotes by Ed Seykota. Plus more from Ed Seykota and more Risk Win sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c73/ed-seykota-15107_enough_risk-no-more-that-you-can-afford-to-lose_43002.png" --- > [Risk no more that you can afford to lose, and also risk enough so that a win is meaningful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-seykota/risk-no-more-that-you-can-afford-to-lose-and-also-risk-enough-so-that/) [Ed Seykota](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-seykota/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c73/ed-seykota-15107_enough_risk-no-more-that-you-can-afford-to-lose_43002.png) ## More by Ed Seykota > [The idea of searching for some secret for trading success misses the point.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-seykota/the-idea-of-searching-for-some-secret-for-trading-success-misses-the/) [Ed Seykota](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-seykota/) > [Longevity is the key to success,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-seykota/longevity-is-the-key-to-success/) [Ed Seykota](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-seykota/) > [Risk no more that you can afford to lose, and also risk enough so that a win is meaningful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-seykota/risk-no-more-that-you-can-afford-to-lose-and-also-risk-enough-so-that/) [Ed Seykota](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-seykota/) > [It is a happy circumstance that when nature gives us true burning desires, she also gives us the means to satisfy them. Those who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-seykota/it-is-a-happy-circumstance-that-when-nature-gives-us-true-burning/) [Ed Seykota](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-seykota/) > [Traders and Surfers both have to deal with feelings of missing out on the small ones, until the big one comes along. They also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-seykota/traders-and-surfers-both-have-to-deal-with-feelings-of-missing-out-on/) [Ed Seykota](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-seykota/) > [I think that if people look deeply enough into their trading patterns, they find that, on balance, including all their goals, they are really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-seykota/i-think-that-if-people-look-deeply-enough-into-their-trading-patterns/) [Ed Seykota](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-seykota/) > [The biggest secret about success is that there isn't any big secret about it, or if there is, then it's a secret from me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-seykota/the-biggest-secret-about-success-is-that-there-isn-t-any-big-secret/) [Ed Seykota](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-seykota/) > [Markets are fundamentally volatile. No way around it. Your problem is not in the math. There is no math to get you out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-seykota/markets-are-fundamentally-volatile-no-way-around-it-your-problem-is/) [Ed Seykota](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-seykota/) > [The trading rules I live by are: 1. Cut losses. 2. Ride winners. 3. Keep bets small. 4. Follow the rules without question. 5.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-seykota/the-trading-rules-i-live-by-are-1-cut-losses-2-ride-winners-3-keep/) [Ed Seykota](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-seykota/) > [Trend following is an exercise in observing and responding to the ever-present moment of now](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-seykota/trend-following-is-an-exercise-in-observing-and-responding-to-the/) [Ed Seykota](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-seykota/) > [If you can't take a small loss, sooner or later you will take the mother of all losses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-seykota/if-you-can-t-take-a-small-loss-sooner-or-later-you-will-take-the/) [Ed Seykota](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-seykota/) > [Everybody gets what they want out of the market](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-seykota/everybody-gets-what-they-want-out-of-the-market/) [Ed Seykota](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-seykota/) > [Fundamentals that you read about are typically useless as the market has already discounted the price, and I call them “funny-mentals”. However, if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-seykota/fundamentals-that-you-read-about-are-typically-useless-as-the-market/) [Ed Seykota](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-seykota/) > [The trend is your friend except at the end where it bends](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-seykota/the-trend-is-your-friend-except-at-the-end-where-it-bends/) [Ed Seykota](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-seykota/) > [Systems don't need to be changed. The trick is for a trader to develop a system with which he is compatible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-seykota/systems-don-t-need-to-be-changed-the-trick-is-for-a-trader-to-develop/) [Ed Seykota](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-seykota/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/risk-win/ed-seykota/#itemlist", "name": "1 Risk Win Quotes By Ed Seykota", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Risk no more that you can afford to lose, and also risk enough so that a win is meaningful.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ed Seykota" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-seykota/risk-no-more-that-you-can-afford-to-lose-and-also-risk-enough-so-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c73/ed-seykota-15107_enough_risk-no-more-that-you-can-afford-to-lose_43002.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c73/ed-seykota-15107_enough_risk-no-more-that-you-can-afford-to-lose_43002.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c73/ed-seykota-15107_enough_risk-no-more-that-you-can-afford-to-lose_43002.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Risk no more that you can afford to lose, and also risk enough so that a win is meaningful.” — Ed Seykota", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/risk-win/ed-seykota/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/risk-win/ed-seykota/", "name": "Risk Win Quotes by Ed Seykota", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/risk-win/ed-seykota/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c73/ed-seykota-15107_enough_risk-no-more-that-you-can-afford-to-lose_43002.png" }, "description": "1 Risk Win quotes by Ed Seykota. 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