2. Hope and fear are the two greatest enemies of speculators.
期冀和恐惧是投机者两个最大的敌人。
3. Keep records of your trading results.
对你的交易结果做好纪录。
4. Maintain a positive attitude no matter how much you lose.
不管你输了多少,保持一个积极的态度。
5. Avoid overconfidence——it could be your greatest enemy.
不要过分自信——它会成为你最大的仇敌。
6. Continually set higher trading goals.
不断设定更高的交易目标。
7. Stops are the key to success for many traders——limit your losses!
设定止损是很多交易者成功的关键——限制你的亏损!
8. The most successful traders are those that trade long term.
最成功的交易商是做长线交易的交易商。
9. Successful traders buy into bad news & sell into good news.
成功的交易者在坏消息时买,在好消息时卖。
10. The successful trader is not afraid to buy high & sell low.
成功的交易者不怕在高位时买进,在低位时卖出。
11. Successful traders have a well scheduled planned time for studying the markets.
成功的交易者有效地规划时间来进行市场研究。
12. Successful traders set profit objectives for each trade they enter.
成功的交易者为他们所做的每一笔交易都设定有赢利目标。
13. Do not collect the opinions of others before entering trades——facts are priceless——opinions are worthless. In short successful traders isolate themselves from the opinions of others.
14. Continually strive for patience, perseverance, determination, and rational action.
不断地为耐心、毅力、决断和理性的行为作努力。
15. Never get out of the market just because you have lost patience or get into the market because you are anxious from waiting.
决不要因为失去耐心而退出市场,也决不要因为迫不及待而进入市场。
16. Avoid getting in or out of the market too often.
进出市场不要过于频繁。
17. The most profitable trading tool is simply following the trend.
最佳的赢利方法就是跟随趋势。
18. Never change your position in the market without a good reason. When you make a trade, let it be for some good reason or according to a definite plan; then do not get out without a definite indication of a change in trend.
19. Losses make the speculator studious——not profits. Take advantage of every loss to improve your knowledge of market action.
赔钱不能赢利,但能使投机者细心钻研。抓住每一次赔钱的机会,改进你对市场行为的了解。
20. The most difficult task in speculation is not prediction but self-control. Successful trading is difficult and frustrating. You are the most important element in the success equation.
21. The basic substance of price change is human emotion. Panic, fear, greed, insecurity, anxiety, stress, and uncertainty are the primary sources of short-term price change.
31. The one essential ingredient to making money with money and keeping it is having an organized effort.
用钱来挣钱以及保住钱的一个根本要素是做事要有板有眼。
32. Unless you progress, you go backwards. Once you complete a trading goal it is crucial that you immediately set a new goal.
不进则退。要紧的是一旦实现了一个交易目标,你应该立刻设定一个新的目标。
33. The art of concentration can help you become a great trader. In other words, set aside time to think, plan, meditate, investigate, research, analyze, evaluate and select your trades carefully.
40. The man who goes to the top as a commodity trader does not do as he pleases. He has trained himself to choose correctly between the two freedoms: the freedom to do as he pleases, and the freedom to do what he must do.
41. Since there is always the possibility of surprise in thin, dead markets, less capital should be risked there than in markets which are broad and moving.
42. Limit the risk in any one trade to a maximum of 10% and the risk in all open trades to a maximum of 25% of trading capital. (risk = pct of available capital). Determine this each day, adding profits and subtracting losses in open trades, and combine this net figure with your trading capital.
43. It does not take much capital to trade a market if one has knowledge and understanding. St. Paul said, "when I am weak I am strong."
如果你懂得和理解一个市场,做交易并不需要很多资本。圣保尔说过,"我在软弱时则强壮"。
44. Speech may be silver but "Silence is Golden". Traders with the golden touch do not talk.
言谈可能是银子,可"沉默是金子"。有点金术的交易商稀于言谈。
45. Common trading errors include: A) trading without good reasons. B) trading on hope rather than facts. C) overloading without regard for capital.
常见的交易错误包括:A、理由不充分的交易;B、基于希望多于事实的交易;C、与资本不相称的超量交易。
46. "I like the short side of the market because there is usually less company". The mob is usually wrong. It is usually long.
"我喜欢市场看空的一边,因为通常这里人要少一些"。蜂拥之众通常是错的,它通常是看多。
47. A fatal mistake made by the fundamental trader is to take small profits. This is the result of limited vision ??? extremes always seem silly to men of so called good judgment.
49. Believe that "the big one is possible" ——be there when it starts. Have the gross power to act, be rested mentally and physically, and finally let your profits run and cut your losses quickly.
50. Dream big dreams and think tall. Very few people set goals too high. A man becomes what he thinks about all day long.
大胆做梦,敢于想象。很少有人把目标设得过高。一个人从早到晚在思考什么,他最终就变成什么。 51.Commodity trading is the art of regarding fear as the greatest sin and giving up as the greates t mistake. It is the art of accepting failure as a step toward victory.
52.Have you taken a loss? Forget it quick. If you have taken a profit, forget it quicker. Don‘t let ego and greed inhibit clear thinking and hard work.
你输过吗?尽快忘了它。你要是赢过,忘它忘得更快一些。不要让自我和贪婪妨碍清晰的思维和刻苦的工作。
53.The characteristics of realizing bull market are:
a.a fundamental bullish situation
b.a reluctance by specs to buy
c.an inversion or small carrying charge between cash and futures
d.business interests are either cautious or bullish
识别牛市有下列的特征:
a.从基本面上看,有一个牛市的情势
b.专业商不情愿去买
c.现货同期货之间倒挂或只有少量的持有费用
d.商业兴趣或者是持谨慎态度,或者是看多
54.Always remember that weather markets are mercurial, extreme in price fluctuations, and very difficult to master. Forecasts of weather beyond a few days are not reliable.
始终记住,气候市场是变幻无常,价格变动剧烈,极难把握的市场。几天之外的天气预报就不可靠。
55.One cannot do anything about yesterday. When one door closes, another door opens. The greater opportunity nearly always lies through the open door.
没有人能改变昨天发生的事。当一扇门关上时,另一扇门就打开了。越过打开的门,往往能找到更大的机会。
56.The deepest secret for the trader is to subordinate his will to the will of the market. The market is truth as it reflects all forces that bear upon it. As long as he recognizes this, he is safe. When he ignores it, he is lost.
57.Somewhere a change is occurring that can make you rich.
在某一地方某种变化正在发生,它能使你变得富有。
58.Beware of "fools disease" (i.e. Waiting for trades that you‘re sure are 100 pct profitable.) It is better never to let yourself believe that you are 100 pct sure of anything.
60.Major trends are seldom broken unless market goes against trend for more than 3 consecutive days.
除非市场连续三天同潮流走反向,主要潮流很少会转移方向。
61.If a market doesn‘t do what you think it should and you‘re tired of waiting , you‘d better be out of it.
如果市场所做的不是你认为它应该做的,而你对等待已感到厌倦,你最好退出市场。
62.Stay calm and maintain clear thinking when trading big positions.
交易大宗头寸时,要保持冷静和头脑清醒。
63.Reevaluate your position in the market if charts have deteriorated and fundamentals have not developed as you expected.
如果图形走弱,而且基本面的发展不像你所预期的那样,重新对你在市场的头寸作估价。
64.Above all be mentally prepared for the rigors of each trading day from the time you get up each morning until you go to bed at night.
最重要的是在精神上对每个交易日的严峻场面作好准备,从每天早晨你爬起来,一直到晚上回到床上。
65.Do whatever is necessary to stay on top of the markets you are trading.
竭尽全力,停留在你所交易的市场的顶部。
66.Believe that the market is stronger than you are. Do not try to fight the market.
相信市场比你要强大。不要企图同市场抗争。
67.Beware of large positions that can control your emotions and feelings. In other words don‘t be overly aggressive with the market. Treat it gently by allowing your equity to grow steadily rather than in bursts.
68.Capital preservation is just as important as capital appreciation.
资本保存同资本增值一样要紧。
69.When a market‘s gotten away and you‘ve missed the first leg you should still consider jumping in even if it is dangerous and difficult.
如果市场已经起步了而你错过了第一轮烽火,你不妨仍然考虑中途介入,即使这样做是危险而困难的。
70.Work hard at understanding the key factor(s) motivating the market(s) you are trading. In other words, the harder you work the luckier you‘ll be.
交易时,努力去理解那些推动市场的关键因素。换句话说,越努力你就会越幸运。
71.Remember that it‘s better to trade a few big moves a year (and close them out profitably) than to trade constantly.
记住,与其不断地交易,不如每年少交易几手(并在赢利时出手)。
72.Set an objective for each trade you enter and get out when you meet it. Don‘t be greedy!
为你的每一手交易设立一个目标,达到目标就出手。不要贪心!
73.Remember that for many commodities ,politics are more important than economics.
记住,对许多商品来说,政治比经济更重要。
74.Never add to a losing position.
不要在输钱的头寸上加码。
75.Beware of trying to pick tops or bottoms.
挑选底部和顶部时要小心。
76. Worry about how much you can lose. Figure risk reward ratio ahead of trade. Strive for at le ast 3x potential profit vs. loss.
要想到你能够输多少钱,交易前就想好风险回报比例。尽力做到可能的盈利要三倍于可能的亏损。
77. If it appears that lots of bulls are long , be nervous!
如果看上去有很多多头在买,你就需要警惕起来。
78. If you have a good lead in the market and all the news seems too good to be true you‘d better take profits.
如果你在市场上领先一筹,而且所有的消息都好得难以置信,你最好是收回你的盈利,出市走人。
79. The news always follows the market.
新闻总是尾随市场之后。
80. There is only one side to the market; and it is not the bull side or the bear side, but the right side.
市场只有一种,不是牛市或熊市,而是正确之市。
81. A man must believe in himself and his judgment if he expects to make a living at this game.
如果有人想在这场游戏里生存,他必须相信自己和自己的判断力。
82. It is the big swing that makes the big money for you. "It was never my wishing that made the big money for me. It was always my sitting tight." Men who can both be right and sit tight are uncommon. The market does not beat them. They beat themselves. You must have the courage of your convictions and the intelligent patience to sit tight.
83. To buy on a rising market is a most comfortable way of buying. Buy on a scale up. Sell on a scale down.
最不让人担心的买进方法是在一个上升的市场里买进。买高卖低。
84. Commodities are never too high to begin buying or too low to begin selling. But after the initial transaction, don‘t make a second unless the first shows a profit.
85. Realize that the big money comes in the big swing. Whatever might seem to give a big swing, its initial impulse, the fact is that no matter who opposes it, the swing must inevitably run as far and as fast and as long as the impelling forces determine.
86. In the long run, commodity prices are governed but by one law , the economic law of demand and supply.
从长远来看,决定商品价格的只有一条法则,供与求的经济法则。
87. A loss never bothers me after I take it. I forget it overnight. But being wrong and not taking the loss , that is what does the damage to the pocket book and to the soul.
89. Of all speculative blunders, there are few greater than selling what shows a profit and keeping what shows a loss.
在所有为投机而犯的愚蠢的错误里,很少有比卖掉会赚钱、买进要赔钱的更愚蠢的了。
90. Nothing is new in commodities! The game does not change and neither does human nature.
期货交易里没有什么新东西!游戏没有变;人性也没有变。
91. In a bear market, it is always wise to cover if complete demoralization suddenly develops.
在熊市里,一旦突然全场士气低落,你最好赶快平仓。
92. The principles of successful commodity speculation is based on the supposition that people will continue in the future to make the mistakes that they have made in the past.
成功的期货投机,其原理建立在这样的假设上:人们在未来会重犯他们在过去犯过的错误。
93. In a bull market and particularly in booms, the public at first makes money, which it later looses simply by overstaying the bull market.
在牛市里,特别是在高峰的时候,公众最初赢钱,然后就因为在牛市里停留太长,而全输了回去。
94. A bull market needs to be fed every day , a bear market only once a week.
牛市需要每天为它提供给养;熊市只需要一个星期为它提供一次给养。
95. Never underestimate how much time is necessary to wash out a market that is long.
不要过低估量需要多少时间清洗一个看多的市场。
96. Never buy the first rally and never sell the first break.
不要在第一次回升时买进,也不要在第一次下跌时卖出。
97. Be advised that it is better to be more interested in the market‘s reaction to new information than in the piece of news itself.
最好是记住,与其对一则新闻本身感兴趣,不如对市场对该则新消息的反应感兴趣。
98. Don‘t diversify , concentrate on a few commodities. More diversity reduces amount you can speculate with. Also too much to watch.
不要撒芝麻在几种商品上。分布过散会减少你能用以投机的数量。况且要看管的太多。
99. Don‘t pioneer highs or lows. Let the market tell you a high or low has been made.
不要在高处或低处打冲锋。让市场告诉你什么是新高或新低。
100. Keep some perspective. Trees don‘t grow to the sky. Values don‘t go to zero. What are histories and recent highs and lows, Loan levels, Loans are not necessarily price floors. CCC selling prices aren‘t necessarily price ceilings.
102. Run early or not at all. Don‘t be an eleven o‘clock bull or a five o‘clock bear.
要么就早跑,要么就别跑。不要做11点钟的牛,或者5点钟的熊。
103. Woodrow Wilson said, "a governments first priority is to organize the common interest against special interests". Successful traders seek out market opportunities capitalizing on the reality that government‘s first priority is rarely achieved.
104. People who buy headlines eventually end up selling newspapers.
那些相信报纸头条的人最终的命运就是卖报纸。
105. If you do not know who you are, the market is an expensive place to find out.
如果你对自己缺乏了解,市场是一个昂贵的地方来发现你自己。
106. Never give advice—the smart don‘t need it and the stupid don‘t heed it.
不要给别人出主意——聪明人不需要,傻瓜不会听你的。
107. Disregard all prognostications. In the world of money, which is a world shaped by human behavior, nobody has the foggiest notion of what will happen in the future. Mark that word—nobody! Thus the successful trader bases no moves on what supposedly will happen but reacts instead to what does happen.
108. Worry is not a sickness but a sign of health. If you are not worried, you are not risking enough.
担心不是病状,而是健康的标志。如果你不担心,那就说明你承担的风险还不够。
109. Except in unusual circumstances, get in the habit of taking your profit too soon. Don‘t torment yourself if a trade continues winning without you. Chances are it won‘t continue long. If it does console yourself by thinking of all the times when liquidating early preserved gains you would otherwise have lost.
110. When the ship starts to sink, don‘t pray—jump!
一旦船开始下沉,不要祈祷——跳船!
111. Life never happens in a straight line. Any adult knows this. But we can too easily be hypnotized into forgetting it when contemplating a chart. Beware of the chartist‘s illusion.
113. Whatever you do, whether you bet with the herd or against, think it through independently first.
不管你做什么,不管你是随流而下还是逆流而上,首先对你要做的事作一独立的思考。
114. Repeatedly reevaluate your open positions. Keep asking yourself: would I put my money into this if it were presented to me for the first time today? Is this trade progressing toward the ending position I envisioned?
115. It is a safe bet that the money lost by (short term) speculation is small compared with the gigantic sums lost by those who let their investments "ride". Long term investors are the biggest gamblers as after they make a trade they often times stay with it and end up losing it all. The intelligent trader will . By acting promptly—hold losses to a minimum.
117. Volume and open interest are as important to the technician as price.
对技术分析来说,交易量和持仓量同价格一样重要。
118. The clearest and easiest way to determine a trend is from previous highs and lows. Higher highs and higher lows mark an uptrend, lower highs and lower lows mark a downtrend.
121. When the market breaks through a weekly or monthly high, it is a buy signal. When it breaks through the previous weekly or monthly low, it is a sell signal.
当市场穿过一个星期或一个月的高位时,这是买的信号。当它穿过前一星期或前一月低位时,这是卖的信号。
122. Every sunken ship has a chart.
没有一艘沉船是不备有图表的。
123. Take a trading break. A break will give you a detached view of the market and a fresh look at yourself and the way you want to trade for the next several weeks.
124. Assimilate into your very bones a set of trading rules that works for you.
让你每根骨头的骨髓里都渗透一套对你有用的交易规则。
125. The final phase in a bull move is an accelerated runaway near the top. In this phase, the market always makes you believe that you have underestimated the potential bull market. The temptation to continue pyramiding your position is strong as profits have now swelled to the point that you believe your account can stand any setback. It is imperative at this juncture to take profits on your pyramids and reduce the position back to base levels. The base position is then liquidated when it becomes apparent that the move has ended.