Robert Morse
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1 year? I can tell you no one has that type of restraint if they are consistently profitable and there is no reason why they can't slowing increase their size if the risk meet their profile. SLOWLY.
Position Sizing For Options
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Kind of a double edged sword, don't you think?
Work ethic eliminates fear... If a crucial point to thesis gets altered via external factors, re-adjust right away, profit or loss. Buffet makes good sense in this video
I don't think so. Good money management should. As far as I am concerned, we are trading randomness. Of course people like Buffet have the size/power to stabilize/control outcomes. But us, little folks, we got to cover our asses at all times, imho.
Buffet started from the bottom like the rest of us... He boomed with big options payouts, nobody ever gets rich or anywhere relevant trading 2 % of account ( Retail I am saying ). You would have to be a genius in quite a few mental aspects related to trading to get anywhere financially trading the 2 % rule
My favourite trader is Michael Burry, his forum writings from the early 2000's show he is on another level mentally, and he took big risks when he was almost guaranteed to win, I followed in his approach
John Alfred Paulson (born December 14, 1955) is an American investor, hedge fund manager and philanthropist. He leads Paulson & Co., a New York-based investment management firm he founded in 1994.[3] He has been called "one of the most prominent names in high finance"[4] and "a man who made one of the biggest fortunes in Wall Street history".[5]
His prominence and fortune were made in 2007 when he earned "almost $4 billion" personally and was transformed "from an obscure money manager into a financial legend"[5] by using credit default swaps to effectively bet against the U.S. subprime mortgage lending market. In 2010, Paulson earned $4.9 billion.[6] The Forbes real-time tracker estimated his net worth at $7.8 billion as of December 2017.[7]
My favourite trader is Michael Burry, his forum writings from the early 2000's show he is on another level mentally, and he took big risks when he was almost guaranteed to win, I followed in his approach
John Alfred Paulson (born December 14, 1955) is an American investor, hedge fund manager and philanthropist. He leads Paulson & Co., a New York-based investment management firm he founded in 1994.[3] He has been called "one of the most prominent names in high finance"[4] and "a man who made one of the biggest fortunes in Wall Street history".[5]
His prominence and fortune were made in 2007 when he earned "almost $4 billion" personally and was transformed "from an obscure money manager into a financial legend"[5] by using credit default swaps to effectively bet against the U.S. subprime mortgage lending market. In 2010, Paulson earned $4.9 billion.[6] The Forbes real-time tracker estimated his net worth at $7.8 billion as of December 2017.[7]
Oh yeah, this is how I want someone to run my money.
As far as I have read, Buffet started with doing arbitrage (no risk!). He said that if he only had a couple of 100M he would have no problems finding opportunities, but as AUM grew, he had to move on.
Hehe, Michael Burry is the man!
He made $8.9B for himself prior to 2010 and is worth $7.8B in 2017 meaning he did not make that much since 2010. Perhaps:
1. Survival bias. We only hear about those that gambled and won. Hundreds during that time probably gambled and lost and were never mentioned in the press.
2. One trick pony. Since their (e.g. Paulson, Ackman, Loeb) early successes, their returns are now merely ordinary.
Of course even now they still run rings around me.