Market makers have an infamous reputation for being an institution that manipulates traders' orders. Little did we know, they're just another market player with distinct thinking and purposes.
Alexander Edward Kearns, a student at the University of Nebraska in the US, had to kill himself because his trading account at Robinhood went negative by $730,165. What actually happened?
While it's common to hear about major and minor currency pairs in forex trading, there are actually far more exotic pairs with smaller markets that you can use. Find out why you should (or shouldn't) trade them.
A hedge fund refers to a pool of funds collected by several investors and managed by an investment management team. This type of investment is not for the weak of heart.
Anyone can be a trader, but only a handful of people actually succeed. Steps to becoming a master trader can be as simple as staying motivated or as hard as maintaining consistency.
"Being a successful trader also takes courage: the courage to try, the courage to fail, the courage to succeed, and the courage to keep on going when the going gets tough."
Bruce Kovner
"Novice Traders trade 5 to 10 times too big. They are taking 5 to 10 percent risk, on a trade they should be taking 1 to 2 percent risk on."
George Soros
"It’s not whether you’re right or wrong that’s important, it’s how much money you make when you’re right and how much you lose when you’re wrong."
Alexander Elder
"The goal of a successful trader is to make the best trades. Money is secondary."
Peter Bernstein
"The fundamental law of investing is the uncertainty of the future."
Alexander Elder
"Beginners focus on analysis, but professionals operate in a three dimensional space. They are aware of trading psychology their own feelings and the mass psychology of the markets."
Larry Hite
"I have two basic rules about winning in trading as well as in life: 1. If you don't bet, you can't win. 2. If you lose all your chips, you can't bet."
Martin Schwartz
"Learn to take losses. The most important thing in making money is not letting your losses get out of hand."
Jim Rogers
"I just wait until there is money lying in the corner, and all I have to do is go over there and pick it up. I do nothing in the meantime."
Bruce Kovner
"Fundamentalists who say they are not going to pay any attention to the charts are like a doctor who says he's not going to take a patient's temperature."
Ed Seykota
"The elements of good trading are: (1) cutting losses, (2) cutting losses, and (3) cutting losses. If you can follow these three rules, you may have a chance."
Bill Lipschutz
"If most traders would learn to sit on their hands 50 percent of the time, they would make a lot more money."
Jesse Livermore
"There is a time to go long, a time to go short and a time to go fishing."
Alexander Elder
"Amateurs look for challenges; professionals look for easy trades. Losers get high from the action; the pros look for the best odds."
Mark Douglas
"If you can learn to create a state of mind that is not affected by the market’s behaviour, the struggle will cease to exist."
Jack Schwager
"There is no single market secret to discover, no single correct way to trade the markets. Those seeking the one true answer to the markets haven’t even gotten as far as asking the right question, let alone getting the right answer."
Warren Buffett
"Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing."
George Soros
"Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux, and money is made by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected."
Bruce Kovner
"I know where I’m getting out before I get in."
Paul Tudor Jones
"I’m always thinking about losing money as opposed to making money. Don’t focus on making money, focus on protecting what you have"
Bruce Kovner
"If you personalize losses, you can’t trade."
Warren Buffet
"We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful."
Nicolas Darvas
"I believe in analysis and not forecasting."
Victor Sperandeo
"The key to trading success is emotional discipline. If intelligence were the key, there would be a lot more people making money trading."
Jack Schwager
"There is no single market secret to discover, no single correct way to trade the markets. Those seeking the one true answer to the markets haven’t even gotten as far as asking the right question, let alone getting the right answer."
Peter Lynch
"In this business, if you're good, you’re right six times out of ten. You’re never going to be right nine times out of ten."