If you can Control your losses, Winning trades becomes the default.Truth is most professional big boy traders like Buffet, Dalio, etc, made almost their entire fortunes on a few, less than 4, spectacular trades. The rest did ok or lost money. Not losing money is rule #1 as you allude to above. Finding a trade that doubles, triples or returns 10x or whatever is the key and staying in the game long enough to make that happen.

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Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating.”
—Ben Stein

A trader’s job is to _________ ?

Suppose a movie was being made of your life.  Would you want to watch it?  The answer to that question tells us a lot about the path we're on.

Exercise increases many of the neurotransmitters involved in positive mood regulation: dopamine, serotonin, norepinephrine, epinephrine, endocannabinoids, and endogenous opioid peptides (endorphins). Exercise contributes to the birth of new neurons and supporting glial cells. Exercise even reduces the likelihood of using and getting addicted to drugs.

#health

There are more stars in the sky than grains of sand on the earth. #facts

10 legendary traders to study closely:

1) Paul Tudor Jones
2) George Soros
3) William Eckhardt
4) Richard Dennis
5) William J. O'Neil
6) Ed Seykota
7) Mark Minervini
8) Larry Hite
9) Marty Schwartz
10) Nicolas Darvas #trading

What makes trading "one of the most difficult" profession the world?

The world is sensory rich and causal poor.” That is to say, we know the doughnut tastes good in the moment, but we are less aware that eating a doughnut every day for a month adds five pounds to our waistline.

Did you know
NASA they don't prioritize
applicants who had a history of
pure success? In fact, they
prioritize applicants who had
significant setbacks and were
able to bounce back from it. #facts