Paul Tudor Jones Quotes

101 Paul Tudor Jones Quotes (Tudor Investment Corporation)

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One learns the most from mistakes, not successes.
Paul Tudor Jones

My goal is to finish each day with more than I started.
Paul Tudor Jones

I went into the money management business because if I lost money, I wanted to be able to say that I had not gotten compensated for it.
Paul Tudor Jones

Judge not, least you be judged.
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I never apologize to anybody, because I don’t get paid unless I win.
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I would say that 85 percent of my net worth is invested in my own funds, primarily because I believe that is the safest place in the world for it.
Paul Tudor Jones

I know from studying history that credit eventually kills all great societies.
Paul Tudor Jones

It is not that we had any unfair knowledge that other people didn’t have, it is just that we did our homework.
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I have always been a big believer in leverage.
Paul Tudor Jones

You can open the most beautiful Saks Fifth Avenue in Anchorage, Alaska, with a wonderful summer menswear department, but unless somebody wants to buy the clothes, you will go broke.
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I learned that even though markets look their very best when they are setting new highs, that is often the best time to sell.
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To be a good trader, you have to be a contrarian.
Paul Tudor Jones

If you have a losing position that is making you uncomfortable, the solution is very simple: Get out…
Paul Tudor Jones

The most important rule of trading is to play great defense, not great offense.
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I always believe that prices move first and fundamentals come second.
Paul Tudor Jones

Don’t focus on making money; focus on protecting what you have.
Paul Tudor Jones

If life ever ceased to be an educational experience, I probably wouldn’t get out of bed.
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Some things happen to you that at the time will make you feel like the world is coming to an end, but in actuality, there is a very good reason for it. You just can’t see it and don’t know it.
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When one door closes, another will open, but standing in that hallway can be hell. You just have to persevere.
Paul Tudor Jones

The accumulation and then the repayment of debt basically drives every economic cycle that there is.
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You adapt, evolve, compete or die.
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I was interested in becoming a trader straightaway.
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I… did a lot of analytical work, watching the market to try to figure out what made it tick.
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Everyone knows when I trade.
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No matter how you cut it, there are enormous ups and downs involved.
Paul Tudor Jones

If you want to move a large position, you don’t wait until the market is in new high or low ground because very little volume may trade there if it is a turning point.
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I will always liquidate half my position below new highs or lows and the remaining half beyond that point.
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That macho-type bid that I should never have made…
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Never play macho man with the market.
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Never over-trade.
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I said, ‘Mr Stupid, why risk everything on one trade? Why not make your life a pursuit of happiness rather than pain?’
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I first decided I had to learn discipline and money management. It was a cathartic experience for me, in the sense that I went to the edge, questioned my very ability as a trader, and decided that I was not going to quit. I was determined to come back and fight. I decided that I was going to become very disciplined and businesslike about my trading.
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Now I spend my day trying to make myself as happy and relaxed as I can be.
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If I have positions going against me, I get right out; if they are going for me, I keep them.
Paul Tudor Jones

I am always thinking about losing money as opposed to making money.
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I have a mental stop. If it hits that number, I am out no matter what.
Paul Tudor Jones

Risk control is the most important thing in trading.
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I want to make sure that I never have a double-digit loss in any month.
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When I am trading poorly, I keep reducing my position size. That way, I will be trading my smallest position size when my trading is worst.
Paul Tudor Jones

Don’t ever average losers.
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