It is fascinating to read Market Wizards: Interviews With Top Traders published in 1989 again and see how much the portfolio management strategy of another ole boy from Tennessee is nearly identical to my own. I read the book the first time in the early 1990’s so it may have had an impact on me as a young tactical trader as I evolved over time.

“The most important rule of trading is to play great defense, not great offense. Every day I assume every position I have is wrong. I know where my stop risk points are going to be. I do that so I can define my maximum possible drawdown. Hopefully, I spend the rest of the day enjoying positions that are going in my direction. If they are going against me, then I have a game plan for getting out.”

— Paul Tudor Jones in Market Wizards: Interviews With Top Traders (p. 123). Wiley. Kindle Edition. Schwager, Jack D..