Losing a position is aggravating, whereas losing your nerve is devastating..

Trying to trade during a losing streak is emotionally devastating. Trying to play 'catch up' is lethal..

Trend following is an exercise in observing and responding to the ever-present moment of now.

Pyramiding instructions appear on dollar bills. Add smaller and smaller amounts on the way up. Keep your eye open at the top..

The key to long-term survival and prosperity has a lot to do with the money management techniques incorporated into the technical system..

I don’t predict a nonexisting future..

It’s all about sticking to your plan and experiencing feelings as they arise. If you are unwilling to feel your feelings, the temptation is to avoid ….

Traders and Surfers both have to deal with feelings of missing out on the small ones, until the big one comes along. They also have to deal with feel….

Charting is a little like surfing. You dont have to know a lot about the physics of tides, resonance, and fluid dynamics in order to catch a good wav….

Risk no more that you can afford to lose, and also risk enough so that a win is meaningful..

Longevity is the key to success..

It can be very expensive to try to convince the markets you are right..

If you want to know everything about the market, go to the beach. Push and pull your hands with the waves. Some are bigger waves, some are smaller. B….

The trading rules I live by are: 1. Cut losses. 2. Ride winners. 3. Keep bets small. 4. Follow the rules without question. 5. Know when to break the ….

In order of importance to me are: 1) the long term trend, 2) the current chart pattern, and 3)picking a good spot to buy or sell..

Working to anticipate the future can be a distraction from the important task of dealing with the present..

Win or lose, everybody gets what they want out of the market. Some people seem to like to lose, so they win by losing money..

The markets are the same now as they were five or ten years ago because they keep changing-just like they did then.

A lot of people would rather understand the market than make money.

Trends become more apparent as you step further away from the chart..

My style is basically trend following, with some special pattern recognition and money management algorithms..