Trading Quotes

248 quotes by 166 authors

Instead of hoping he must fear and instead of fearing he must hope. He must fear that his loss may develop into a much bigger… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore
The desire for constant action irrespective of underlying conditions is responsible for many losses on Wall Street even among the professionals, who feel that they… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore
Remember this: When you are doing nothing, those speculators who feel they must trade day in and day out, are laying the foundation for your… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore
"If I buy stocks on Smith's tip I must sell those same stocks on Smith's tip. I am depending on him. Suppose Smith is away… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore
A man must believe in himself and his judgement if he expects to make a living at this game. That is why I don't believe… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore
A man must study general conditions, to seize them so as to be able to anticipate probabilities. — Jesse Lauriston Livermore
I did precisely the wrong thing. The cotton showed me a loss and I kept it. The wheat showed me a profit and I sold… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore
If you can't sleep at night because of your stock market position, then you have gone too far. If this is the case, then sell… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore
A prudent speculator never argues with the tape. Markets are never wrong, opinions often are. — Jesse Lauriston Livermore
Professional traders have always had some system or other based upon their experience and governed either by their attitude towards speculation or by their desires. — Jesse Lauriston Livermore
Don't take action with a trade until the market, itself, confirms your opinion. Being a little late in a trade is insurance that your opinion… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore
It is foolhardy to make a second trade, if your first trade shows you a loss. Never average losses. Let this thought be written indelibly… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore
One of the most helpful things that anybody can learn is to give up trying to catch the last eighth - or the first. These… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore
Men who can both be right and sit tight are uncommon. I found it one of the hardest things to learn. But it is only… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore
People who look for easy money invariable pay for the privilege of proving conclusively that it cannot be found on this earth. — Jesse Lauriston Livermore
It is what people actually did in the stock market that counted - not what they said they were going to do. — Jesse Lauriston Livermore
...[We] must stop these swarms of Jews who are trading, bartering and robbing. — William Tecumseh Sherman
I always say that you could publish trading rules in the newspaper and no one would follow them. The key is consistency and discipline. Almost… — Richard Dennis
Manufacture, don't just trade. There is money in manufacturing even though it is capital intensive. To achieve a big breakthrough, I had to start manufacturing… — Aliko Dangote
Funny, but after trading for more than 15 years, I still am capable of forgetting a cardinal rule: The paper you own, in the end,… — Jim Cramer

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