Chapter 1: Introduction
Like many traders, I became very interested in trading professionally after I read Jack D. Schwager’s book Market Wizards, a collection of interviews that he’d conducted with many successful traders and money managers at the time, such as Jim Rogers, Paul Tudor Jones, and Michael Marcus. Luckily for me, I was able to get to know and study with many of the traders interviewed. A few of them, such as Ed Seykota, became mentors and friends who had a profound impact on my psychological outlook while trading.
A lot of traders love the Seykota chapter in Market Wizards and can quote what might be his most famous line: “Win or lose, everyone gets what they want from the market.” To this day, that line hits failing and mediocre ...
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