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This Is The Hardest Rule For Traders To Follow [Profitable Trading] [Have you claimed your paycheck?]( [Have you claimed your paycheck?]( Every week you get paid a steady "wage" of $1,692.50. But instead of sweating away long hours in a stuffy office building, you can sit back and let your investment funds do all the work for you. I'll explain everything—how this technique works, and what you need to do to earn your first "paycheck" using it. [Click here to find out more.]( 7/13/2021 This Is The Hardest Rule For Traders To Follow --------------------------------------------------------------- By: [Jimmy Butts]( I've seen it happen to investors before. Heck, I've even been a victim of it myself. Especially in times like these. I'm talking about getting too cute when the good times are rolling... You see, when things are going great - in any aspect of life, but most notably in investing - it's easy to ignore the fundamentals. The very things that got us here. We begin to take bigger risks, start investing in things outside of our wheelhouse (think Bitcoin) and simply forget the basics of what it takes to succeed. And when the day of reckoning arrives, we freeze. Or worse, we panic and forget everything we've learned about investing. We forget the basics. Don't fall victim to this. Instead of panicking when the bad times come (because they will), you need to keep it simple. Keep your emotions in check, and remember the basic tenets of successful investing (which I'll cover in a moment). 3 Tenets Of A Successful Investor The reason I want to go over this today is simple. Getting a firm grasp on these ideas now will give you a greater chance of doing the right thing when times do get tough. It could possibly save you not only hundreds of thousands of dollars, but restless nights of sleep. After all, we all know to call 911 in an emergency or to "stop, drop and roll" if we're on fire. But we also need to know what to do when all hell is breaking loose in the market. I've shared my three keys for successful investing before. So I won't spend a lot of time on all three today. But I think they're worth repeating. 1) Have an exit strategy in place. 2) Understand and use position sizes. [I've Never Been More Excited About An Opportunity]( Pot stocks are dominating the headlines. But I'm not biting. Because I've found a safer, smarter way to make money from the legal marijuana market. It's a unique profit-sharing opportunity that's allowing everyday Americans to earn up to $55,362 a year. And the company behind this "plan" is obligated to share its profits. The next payout is just days away. [Get the full details here now.]( 3) Keep your emotions out of the market. Today, I want to spend some time on No. 1. Again, longtime readers know that I harp on this all the time. But you know what? The reason I do this is because it's one of the hardest for investors to execute and understand. With that said, let's dive in... Rule No. 1: The Most Useful, But Hardest To Follow "Losing money is the least of my troubles. A loss never troubles me after I take it. I forget it overnight. But being wrong - not taking the loss - that is what does the damage to the pocket book and to the soul." - Jesse Livermore, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator If you've been investing for a while, it's no secret that one of the hardest things to figure out is the right time to sell. This is especially true for a losing position. A stock goes down and we tell ourselves that as soon as it gets back to even we will sell... only to see the stock sink lower. Then we tell ourselves that we are "buy and hold" investors in it for the long haul. As the stock continues to sink we wonder how much lower can it really go. We can't sell because selling admits failure and we're hard-wired to not accept failure. Meanwhile, this one stock becomes a major black eye in your portfolio, bringing discouragement and frustration. It really comes down to swallowing your pride, setting your ego to the side and cutting your loss. Most investors will begin to ignore that loser. Pretty soon you're sitting at a 20%, 30%, 50% loss, or worse. But I'm going to let you in on a little secret... having an exit plan in place, and executing it, can be more satisfying than booking a solid winner. Over at Top Stock Advisor, we once owned Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM). This stock did absolutely nothing for the next two years after we added it. I finally cut it from the portfolio for a modest loss of 18.6%. Despite posting more than our fair share of winners in Top Stock Advisor, this is not one of them. We got this one wrong. Now, QCOM has since gone on to bigger and better things. But guess what? So have we? I'm glad we got rid of that dud. I only wish we had done it sooner. If you can learn to be happy with cutting a loser from your portfolio, you'll be better for it. Trust me. Remember, in order to recover from a 50% loss we need to book a 100% winner just to break even. And triple-digit winners aren't exactly easy to come by in a short period. This is why it's important to have some sort of stop-loss, trailing-stop, or "uncle" point when it comes to investing. Figure out the most you are willing to lose on a stock before you even enter the trade. This will help you satisfy rule number one from above - have an exit strategy in place. The bottom line is this... If you want to make money investing - and not get caught unprepared - then don't forget the basics. Be sure to have an exit plan in place. P.S. There's a "strange" area of the market that I'm laser-focused on right now... and it could make investors an absolute killing in the months ahead... I'm talking about outer space. That's right: There's a new space race that's taking shape right now. 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