Working to anticipate the future can be a distraction from the important task of dealing with the present.

Win or lose, everybody gets what they want out of the market. Some people seem to like to lose, so they win by losing money.

Longevity is the key to success.

A lot of people would rather understand the market than make money

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.

Luck plays an enormous role in trading success. Some people were lucky enough to be born smart, while others were even smarter and got born lucky.

Traders and Surfers both have to deal with feelings of missing out on the small ones, until the big one comes along. They also have to deal with feelings of staying with the big one.