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 Why You Have Lost Money In Stocks And How To Make It Back 

 

Why do the great majority of people who buy and sell stocks lose? There are three main reasons:

 

1. They overtrade or buy and sell too much for their capital

 

2. They do not place stop loss orders or limit their losses

 

3. Lack of Knowledge. This is the most important reason of all

 

Most people buy a stock because they hope it will go up and they will make profits. They buy on tips, or what someone else thinks, without any concrete knowledge of their own that the stock will advance. Thus they entered the market wrong and did not recognize this mistake or attempt to correct it until too late. Finally they sell because they they fear the stock will go lower and often sell out near low levels, getting out at the wrong time. One mistake could have been prevented, they could have gotten out right after getting in wrong. They do not realize that operating in Stocks and Commodities is a business or a profession, the same as engineering or the medical profession.

 

Why You Should Learn to Determine the Trend of the Market  You may have tried to follow the market letters and like many others either lost money or failed to make profits, because the market letters gave a list of too many stocks to buy or sell and you picked the wrong one and lost. A smart man cannot follow another man blindly even though the other man is right, because you cannot have confidence and act on advice when you do not know what it is based on. You will be able to act with confidence and make profits when you can SEE and KNOW for YOURSELF why stock should go UP or DOWN.  

 "45 Years in Wall Street" pg 4-5 W.D Gann

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