Market Wizards

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1. A good story still needs an exit

   Separate stock-selection criteria from the amount a mistake can cost.

2. Keep a record before the outcome

   Use a decision journal to distinguish a repeatable process from hindsight.

3. Disagree for a reason

   Distinguish an evidence-based contrary view from reflexive opposition.

4. Make room to be wrong

   Separate personal identity from the outcome of a decision.

5. Borrow insight, own the decision

   Identify why persistence must include changed behaviour.

6. Count risks, not positions

   Recognise shared exposures and connect invalidation to sizing.

7. Turn feelings into observable habits

   Translate psychological claims into a reviewable routine.

8. Judge the process over a sequence

   Understand why a few losses cannot settle a strategy’s value.

9. Waiting is an active decision

   Separate selectivity from impossible demands for certainty.

10. A forecast needs a clock

    Use time and contrary evidence to review a forecast.

11. A system includes its operator

    Examine the interaction between rules and the person using them.

12. Cheap is not a catalyst

    Separate valuation, timing and the capacity to wait.

13. Match the evidence to the horizon

    Identify when a long-term explanation is misused for a short-term decision.

14. An edge belongs to an environment

    Distinguish transferable principles from context-specific execution skills.

15. Protect the ability to continue

    Explain compounding losses and the limits of superficial diversification.

16. Patience needs a financial foundation

    Connect waiting, preparation and the resources needed to act.

17. Treat a maxim as a question

    Evaluate memorable rules without treating them as proven laws.