200801-01

In many ways, the elements of good and bad decision making in trading are very similar to those that apply to decision making in general

200801-02

Was that when you decided to become a trader?

200801-03

He had no experience in currencies. His idea was to get a bunch of bright people together, figure out how this foreign exchange stuff worked, let them trade the product around

200801-04

I realized that holding him to the trade would put him out of business-a development that would be bad for the exchange and terrible for the product

200801-05

Are there any other trades in your career that stand out as particularly memorable?

200801-06

One particularly interesting element of the trade was that one market maker was on the opposite side of about twenty thousand lots of the spread position

200801-07

I had developed and practiced the basic trading skills that had landed me at Salomon Brothers and that I had a tremendous amount of fun in the process

200801-08

I couldn't figure out how the banks could hire all those kids right out of school who could make money as traders

200801-09

What do you believe are the characteristics of the truly superior traders?

200801-10

Although the futures markets had their origins in agricultural commodities, this sector now accounts for only about one-fifth of total futures trading

200801-11

Im afraid we got off on a bit of a tangent Before I interrupted you, I had asked how you became a trader

200801-12

But the most important thing about that trade was that it propelled me into being a hundred-lot trader

200801-13

It doesn't matter at all where the market is trading

200801-14

Are there any specific trading mistakes you made that provided valuable lessons?

200801-15

I was the one who bet Dennis that trading skill could not be taught. William Eckhardt: The Mathematician

200801-16

The same principle applies to trade selection

200801-17

At this stage of the game, computer trading systems are rote algorithms

200801-18

Why do you believe these approaches are so popular if they re ineffective for trading purposes?

200801-19

How important is intelligence in trading?

200801-20

There is no question in my mind that I could train virtually anyone to make a fortune trading

200801-21

Trading has many of the elements of a game

200801-22

I was particularly surprised to discover that for the period in which Trout has been trading

200801-23

I like to have everybody in the trading room get on the phone with a different broker and listen to the noise level on the floor

200801-24

We like to diversify over both trading strategies and time

200801-25

There are plenty of traders I know who show track records with an amazing cumulative winning percentage

200801-26

A successful trader is rational, analytical, able to control emotions, practical, and profit oriented

200801-27

One of Weisss hobbies is investing with other traders

200801-28

Speros Drelles. What happened if you were bearish on a stock?

200801-29

Given the success of your own trading company, why did you leave to join Dreyfus as a fund manager?

200801-30

Implementing the trading philosophy: holding a core group of stocks long and a core group of stocks short and then using leverage to trade S&P futures, bonds, and currencies

200801-31

Any other major trades come to mind? I'm particularly interested in your reasoning for putting on a trade

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