Trading rules you live by.
I scale in and scale out of my positions, so that I can spread out my risk. I don't like to do all of a large order
right up front.
What else?
Always respect the marketplace. Never take anything for granted. Do your homework. Recap the day. Figure
out what you did right and what you did wrong. That is one part of the homework; the other part is projec-tive. What
do I want to happen tomorrow? What happens if the opposite occurs? What happens if nothing happens? Think
through all the "what-ifs." Anticipate and plan, rather than react.
When you made your first few million, did you sock some of it away to limit your worst case
possibility?
No. My trading strategies were growing and I needed new capital. Then after I made some more, I started
putting money into other investments: real estate, stores, exchange seats, and things like that. Then when the
market crashed—I hate to use that term—on Monday, October 19,1 realized that I didn't have a big chunk of cash
anywhere, so I took a couple of million dollars out of the flow and bought T-bills. Then, a few weeks later, I used the
money to buy an annuity.
I guess because your trading style is so focused on limiting losses,
the first time you felt the need for
a safety net was when the market seemed to be saying that a catastrophe could occur and have nothing to do with
you.
Yes. What happens if you have $10 million in your trading account, but they shut down the game?
How do you set goals?
Until recently, I set goals on a monetary level. First, I wanted to become a millionaire before I was thirty. I
did it before I was twenty-five. Then I decided I wanted to make so much a year, and I did that. Originally, the goals
were all numbers, but the numbers aren't so important anymore. Now, I want to do some things that are not only
profitable, but will also be fun. For example, I'm currently working on setting up a trading company and a software
company. I also want to do the family-type thing.
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