Free Trading Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n Have you checked out Jeff’s free trading resources on his website? It contains a selection of special reports, training videos, and a full trading glossary to help kickstart your trading career \u2013 at zero cost to you. Just click here<\/a> to check it out.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n The stock market has a habit of humbling folks who think they’ve figured it out. For me, the humbling started right away.<\/p>\n At first, the positions started slightly moving against me. It was nothing to be concerned about. One good day would put everything back in the profit column.<\/p>\n But then, one by one, each position blew up on me. It was too painful to watch. I kept the television off and avoided reading the newspaper for fear I’d see something bad about the stock market and my positions.<\/p>\n When I finally got up enough courage to call the branch manager and check on the status of my account, I learned all the gains I had built up over the previous six weeks were gone.<\/p>\n “Just sell everything,” I said.<\/p>\n That was an expensive lesson to learn. But it’s one every trader learns at some point. I was just fortunate it happened to me early in my career.<\/p>\n You see, that experience changed how I looked at trading. I was no longer betting the farm on a couple of trades. Instead, I started trading as a way to reduce risk, by building wealth over a number of smaller trades.<\/p>\n Today, I still do my fair share of speculating. But I’m not focused on how much money I can make. I’m focused on how little I can lose.<\/p>\n That’s a huge difference. It has allowed me to trade successfully for nearly four decades. And it allowed me to retire at 42.<\/p>\n Best regards and good trading,<\/p>\n Jeff Clark<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Has there been a time when the market has humbled you?<\/p>\n\n
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