23 Quotes by Bruce Kovner

I caught hold of the great bull market in soybeans in 1977. I had no idea what I was doing, incidentally.

In 1983, I set up Caxton Corp. Its been an interesting and happy ride since.

My experience with novice traders is that they trade three to five times too big. They are taking 5 to 10 percent risks on a trade when they should be taking 1 to 2 percent risks. The emotional burden of trading is substantial; on any given day, I could lose millions of dollars. If you personalize these losses, you can’t trade.

In a bear market, you have to use sharp countertrend rallies to sell.

Novice Traders trade 5 to 10 times too big. They are taking 5 to 10% risks on a trade they should be taking 1 to 2 percent risks.

Place your stops at a point that, if reached, will reasonably indicate that the trade is wrong, not at a point determined primarily by the maximum dollar amount you are willing to lose

If you personalize losses, you can't trade.

If you don't work very hard, it is extremely unlikely that you will be a good trader.

Michael [Marcus] taught me one thing that was incredibly important... He taught me that you could make a million dollars. He showed me that if you applied yourself, great things could happen. It is very easy to miss the point that you really can do it.