Jack D. Schwager Professions : Author Born : 1948 Browse All Authors Top 10 quotes by Jack D. Schwager Being wrong is acceptable, but staying wrong is totally unacceptable. Jack D. Schwager wise-words staying motivational Traders focus almost entirely on where to enter a trade. In reality, the entry size is often more important than the entry price Jack D. Schwager focus important reality You don't have to get in or out of a position all at once. Avoid the temptation of wanting to be completely right. Jack D. Schwager position temptation The ability to change one's mind is probably a key characteristic of the successful investor. Dogmatic and rigid personalities rarely, if ever, succeed in the markets. The markets are a dynamic process, and sustained investment success requires the ability to modify and even change strategies as markets evolve. Jack D. Schwager investment-success keys successful One of my favorite patterns is the tendency for the markets to move from relative lows to relative highs and vice versa every two to four days. This pattern is a function of human behavior. It takes several days of a market rallying before it looks really good. That’s when everyone wants to buy it, and that’s the time when the professionals, like myself, are selling. Conversely, when the market has been down for a few days, and everyone is bearish, that’s the time I like to be buying. Jack D. Schwager vices two moving If you don’t stay with your winners, you are not going to be able to pay for the losers. Jack D. Schwager loser able pay Good traders liquidate when they are wrong, great traders reverse when they are wrong Jack D. Schwager reverse traders Being a successful investor & winning in the stock market is a matter of skill & discipline and not luck alone Jack D. Schwager skills successful winning Michael Jordan didn’t become a great basketball player because he wanted to do product endorsements. Van Gogh didn’t become a great painter because he dreamed that one day his paintings would sell for $50 million. Jack D. Schwager one-day basketball player There are a million ways to make money in the markets. The irony is that they are all very difficult to find. Jack D. Schwager irony making-money way Similar Authors F. E. Marsh author Iimani David author Beatrice Faust author Isabella Macdonald Alden author Isabella Beeton author Alan AtKisson author All Authors
