Here are 20 of Ed's key quotes & takeaways to maximize your trading returns 👇🧵
"If you can’t take a small loss, sooner or later you will take the mother of all losses."
"Systems don’t need to be changed. The trick is for a trader to develop a system with which he is compatible."
"Having a quote machine is like having a slot machine at your desk – you end up feeding it all day long. I get my price data after the close each day."
"In order of importance to me are:
1) The long term trend 2) The current chart pattern 3) Picking a good spot to buy or sell"
"Markets are fundamentally volatile. No way around it. Your problem is not in the math. There is no math to get you out of having to experience uncertainty."
"Dramatic and emotional trading experiences tend to be negative. Pride is a great banana peel, as are hope, fear, and greed. My biggest slip-ups occurred shortly after I got emotionally involved with positions."
"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. But if you try to push the wave out when it’s coming in, it’ll never happen. The market is always right."
"Trading requires skill at reading the markets and at managing your own anxieties."
"To avoid whipsaw losses, stop trading."
"The key to long-term survival and prosperity has a lot to do with the money management techniques incorporated into the technical system."
"I usually ignore advice from other traders, especially the ones who believe they are on to a “sure thing”. The old timers, who talk about “maybe there is a chance of so and so,” are often right and early."
"A lot of people would rather understand the market than make money."
"It can be very expensive to try to convince the markets you are right."
"Trying to trade during a losing streak is emotionally devastating. Trying to play “catch up” is lethal."
"Before I enter a trade, I set stops at a point at which the chart sours."
"Risk control has to do with your willingness to allow your stop to do its job."
"A trading system is an agreement you make between yourself and the markets."
"The elements of good trading are (1) Cutting losses (2) Cutting losses (3) Cutting losses
If you can follow these three rules, you may have a chance."
"In your recipe for success, don’t forget commitment – and a deep belief in the inevitability of your success."
Ed Seykota has been one of the most successful market participants ever, turning 5k into 15M in 12 years.
Here are some pillars to his success:
✅ Risk Management
✅ Emotional Control
✅ Execution of a System
✅ Belief in Oneself
Master these.
That's a wrap!
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Identifying support near market lows is key to getting positioned for the next uptrend.
∙ Momentum shifting
∙ Clear lows to play against
∙ Tight action allows for better entries
Let's take a look at the market's current action, and some positive signs we're seeing:
Positive Sign #1: 3 Gap Downs In A Row
While some may think this is negative... "Why would it be positive for the market to be gapping down 3 days in a row?"
...it's the close that matters!
Here's $SPY:
As William O'Neil famously said, in bull markets you want to see weak opens with strong closes, and in bear markets you'll see strong opens with weak closes.
Stacking multiple sessions of weak opens and strong closes is a good first step to the market finding some rhythm again.
Christian Flanders went from poker player to 2nd place in the U.S. Investing Championship with a 433% return.
Here's how he overcame setbacks, controlled risk, and mastered the markets: 🧵
🎯 Key Takeaways:
• The poker & trading mindset
• Progressive exposure: adjusting size dynamically
• Why episodic pivots outperform
• The #1 rule for reducing drawdowns
• How historical chart work gives you conviction Let’s break it all down:
🎯 Poker taught Christian the value of emotional control.
In poker, success = betting big when you have an edge.
In trading, it's the same, but you also fight uncertainty over days/weeks, not minutes.
Mastering your emotions is essential in both arenas.
That's why Mark Douglas' work was so transformative for traders of all markets — it's not just about TA. To be successful, you have to focus on the mental side of trading.
Here are 15 of his top quotes on trading psychology (save this):
1. "Good market analysis can certainly contribute to and play a supporting role in one’s success, but it doesn’t deserve the attention and importance most traders mistakenly attach to it."
Instead, you should be focused entirely on how your mind works.
2. "Confidence comes when you trust yourself to act in your best interest."
You know you make common, avoidable mistakes.
The only way to build true confidence is creating mental processes to stop you from making them in the first place.
One of the best ways to identify a bottom in real-time is using US Investing Champ Oliver Kell's @oliverkell_ Price Cycle.
The key pattern you need to know: The Reversal Extension.
Here's what it is, how you can spot it on the charts, with examples:
What is a Reversal Extension?
A Reversal Extension is a large reversal bar in a stock or index that is already extended to the downside below the 10 and 20 EMA.
Look for heavy volume capitulation — showing that buyers start selling and sellers cover shorts.
More characteristics of Reversal Extensions:
→ Look for a defined support level on a higher timeframe.
→ Heavy volume capitulation on the reversal bar is a key ingredient.
→ After the reversal extension, expect volatility, then look for price to tighten