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

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 wave. You just have to be able to sense when its happening and then have the drive to act at the right time.

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

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

A losing trader can do little to transform himself into a winning trader. A losing trader is not going to want to transform himself. That's the kind of thing winning traders do.

I turn bullish at the instant my buy stop is hit, and stay bullish until my sell stop is hit.

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