POLL: What is the Most Important Thing in Trading?

What is the Most Important Thing in Trading?

  • Money&Portfolio Management, Proper use of leverage, Diversification

    Votes: 22 9.6%
  • An Edge

    Votes: 83 36.1%
  • Psychology, Health, Personal Issues

    Votes: 33 14.3%
  • Sufficient Trading Capital

    Votes: 7 3.0%
  • Mentor, Trading Buddies

    Votes: 1 0.4%
  • Something else

    Votes: 15 6.5%
  • (Trading) Education

    Votes: 4 1.7%
  • Worked in the industry, (Trading) Experience

    Votes: 7 3.0%
  • Broker, Trading Software, Execution, PC-web connection

    Votes: 3 1.3%
  • Risk management, Disaster Prevention

    Votes: 55 23.9%

  • Total voters
    230
The MOST important thing is HEDGING to be close to MARKET-NEUTRAL...
Something that is rarely discussed here...
So no wonder it's not even on the list.

It's the only way a trader can be IN CONTROL...
As opposed to being tossed about by the market.
 
Quote from QuantPlus:

The MOST important thing is HEDGING to be close to MARKET-NEUTRAL...
Something that is rarely discussed here...
So no wonder it's not even on the list.

It's the only way a trader can be IN CONTROL...
As opposed to being tossed about by the market.

spoken like a true hedger:)
 
Quote from QuantPlus:

The MOST important thing is HEDGING to be close to MARKET-NEUTRAL...
Something that is rarely discussed here...
So no wonder it's not even on the list.

It's the only way a trader can be IN CONTROL...
As opposed to being tossed about by the market.

A friend of mine is a pit trader and he is ALWAYS hedging.
 
Quote from QuantPlus:

It's the only way a trader can be IN CONTROL...
Interesting comment that in many ways reflects the view of a significant number of traders in that their view is:

- felt very strongly
- black & white - no shades of gray
- superior - while other viewpoints are invalid

Recently another op stated similar views about TA.

Otoh, I feel it's important to be flexible and extremely observant - to listen to the market. Over the years, I've found a number of signals that work to varying degrees in different markets & different market conditions depending on a variety of factors. Some of these factors are rigidly defined / definable while others are more subjective. When several signals converge, the strength (probability of success) increases dramatically.

As long as markets are traded by individuals who are subject to biases inherent to the human psyche, market evaluation processes based on absolutes have inherent weaknesses, imho.

R
 
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