Mark Minervini Quotes Profile Banner
Mark Minervini Quotes Profile
Mark Minervini Quotes

@MinerviniQuote

Followers
42,844
Following
1
Media
1
Statuses
3,990

Quotes from Top Trader @MarkMinervini ’s Books | Stock Market Wizard & Winner of the US Investing Championship | Bot | © Mark Minervini $STUDY

Wall Street
Joined August 2020
Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.
Explore trending content on Musk Viewer
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"I went six consecutive years without making a penny while pursuing stock trading. Along the way I had days I when I almost threw in the towel and gave up. However, I knew the power of persistence."
44
232
2K
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"The goal is to make money, not to prove you're right and the stock market is wrong."
21
224
2K
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"I went six consecutive years without making a penny while pursuing stock trading. Along the way I had days I when I almost threw in the towel and gave up. However, I knew the power of persistence."
33
191
2K
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"I went six consecutive years without making a penny while pursuing stock trading. Along the way I had days I when I almost threw in the towel and gave up. However, I knew the power of persistence."
24
149
1K
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"I went six consecutive years without making a penny while pursuing stock trading. Along the way I had days I when I almost threw in the towel and gave up. However, I knew the power of persistence."
17
141
1K
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"The goal is to make money, not to prove you're right and the stock market is wrong."
15
173
1K
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
1 year
"I went six consecutive years without making a penny while pursuing stock trading. Along the way I had days I when I almost threw in the towel and gave up. However, I knew the power of persistence."
23
151
1K
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"I rarely buy a stock that has corrected 60% or more. Most constructive setups correct between 10 and 35%."
26
136
1K
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"I rarely buy a stock that has corrected 60% or more. Most constructive setups correct between 10 and 35%."
19
138
1K
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
3 years
"If a stock is under accumulation, a price consolidation represents a period when strong investors absorb weak traders. Once the "weak hands" have been eliminated, the lack of supply allows the stock to move higher because even a small amount of demand will overwhelm inventory."
35
210
1K
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"You need to first understand that your greatest challenge is not the stock market, it's you."
11
128
1K
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"The stocks that hold up the best and rally into new high ground off the market low during the first 4 to 8 weeks of a new bull market are the true market leaders. You can't afford to ignore these golden opportunities."
15
150
978
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"I made 99% of my profits in the stock market by trading in leading names."
11
77
961
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"I dropped out of school at age 15 with virtually no money and no education. If I could make big money in the stock market, think about how well you can do. There is no reason you shouldn't be able to achieve far more than I have."
22
60
944
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"The stock market is no place for someone who is easily discouraged by mistakes."
9
117
932
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"Once the stock successfully breaks out, the stock price should hold its 20-day moving average and in most cases should not close below it."
14
121
932
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"I made 99% of my profits in the stock market by trading in leading names."
15
55
937
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"The goal is to make money, not to prove you're right and the stock market is wrong."
12
100
920
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
3 years
"If analyzing balance sheets were the Holy Grail for stock investing, accountants would be the world's greatest traders."
26
105
917
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"Good trading is boring; bad trading is exciting and makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up. You can be a bored rich trader or a thrill-seeking gambler. It's entirely your choice."
11
109
885
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"During my 30 years of trading stocks, I have been correct on winning trades only about 50 percent of the time. I'm wrong as often as I'm right however the dollar amount of the profitable trades have been much larger than the losses on average."
9
73
873
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"The stock market is no place for someone who is easily discouraged by mistakes."
7
93
861
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"Most investors treat trading as a hobby because they have a full-time job doing something else. If you treat trading like a business, it will pay you like a business."
10
104
865
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"Once acquired, the skill of proficient stock trading can never be taken from you. No one can fire you from your craft the way a boss can from a job; it's just you and the market. All you have learned and the experience you have gained can bear fruit for man years to come."
8
122
857
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"Avoiding large losses is the single most important factor for winning big as a speculator. You can't control how much a stock rises, but whether you take a small or large loss is entirely your choice.
14
122
850
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"Never let a loss grow larger than your average gain."
10
84
831
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"The goal is to make money, not to prove you're right and the stock market is wrong."
6
129
817
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"Once the stock successfully breaks out, the stock price should hold its 20-day moving average and in most cases should not close below it."
5
107
802
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"I rarely buy a stock that has corrected 60% or more. Most constructive setups correct between 10 and 35%."
8
84
798
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"It's more important to make money than it is to be right."
14
93
775
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"You don't need a PhD in math or physics to be successful in the stock market, just the right knowledge, a good work ethic and discipline."
12
76
780
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"The stock market is no place for someone who is easily discouraged by mistakes."
8
108
778
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"Once the stock successfully breaks out, the stock price should hold its 20-day moving average and in most cases should not close below it."
6
86
770
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"Buying stocks in long-term downtrends will significantly lower your odds of owning a big winner. If you want to increase the odds, you should focus on stocks that are in a confirmed uptrend."
13
86
778
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"For me, the greatest success came when I finally decided to forget about the money and concentrate on being the trader I could be. Then the money followed."
5
80
759
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"It's more important to make money than it is to be right."
11
64
751
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"If analyzing balance sheets were the Holy Grail for stock investing, accountants would be the world's greatest traders."
17
79
749
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"If you can't learn to accept small losses, sooner or later you will take big losses."
10
104
738
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
3 years
"The goal is to make money, not to prove you're right and the stock market is wrong."
8
99
735
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"I dropped out of school at age 15 with virtually no money and no education. If I could make big money in the stock market, think about how well you can do. There is no reason you shouldn't be able to achieve far more than I have."
14
61
728
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"During my 30 years of trading stocks, I have been correct on winning trades only about 50 percent of the time. I'm wrong as often as I'm right however the dollar amount of the profitable trades have been much larger than the losses on average." $STUDY
3
69
729
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"It doesn't really matter what you think about a stock. What matters is what big institutions think, because they are the ones that can move a stock price dramatically."
11
85
721
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
3 years
"I dropped out of school at age 15 with virtually no money and no education. If I could make big money in the stock market, think about how well you can do. There is no reason you shouldn't be able to achieve far more than I have."
8
66
717
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"In the stock market, you're playing probabilities, not certainties; that means you cannot be correct all the time. If you make more on your winners than you lose on your loses over time, that's all you need to accomplish to be successful."
9
114
711
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"If analyzing balance sheets were the Holy Grail for stock investing, accountants would be the world's greatest traders."
16
66
715
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"You don't need a PhD in math or physics to be successful in the stock market, just the right knowledge, a good work ethic and discipline." $STUDY
8
80
692
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"In the stock market, you have the luxury of being able to stay on the sidelines, free of charge, observing and waiting for the most opportune moment to wager. You get to see the market's 'cards' before you bet, free of charge."
14
78
676
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"Good trading is boring; bad trading is exciting and makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up. You can be a bored rich trader or a thrill-seeking gambler. It's entirely your choice."
7
105
681
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"You need to first understand that your greatest challenge is not the stock market, it's you."
10
58
676
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"There is no shame in losing money on a stock trade, but to hold on to a loss and let it get bigger and bigger or, even worse, to buy more is amateurish and self destructive."
2
86
685
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"In the stock market, timing is crucial because time is money."
16
57
673
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"The most dangerous time to trade is when a stock is trying to bottom. Trying to pick a low can be very frustrating and costly. You can increase the odds of success by waiting for the stock to turn, which will lessen the chance of failure."
13
72
671
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"Once the stock successfully breaks out, the stock price should hold its 20-day moving average and in most cases should not close below it."
9
94
671
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"Once acquired, the skill of proficient stock trading can never be taken from you. No one can fire you from your craft the way a boss can from a job; it's just you and the market. All you have learned and the experience you have gained can bear fruit for man years to come."
11
103
651
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"During my 30 years of trading stocks, I have been correct on winning trades only about 50 percent of the time. I'm wrong as often as I'm right however the dollar amount of the profitable trades have been much larger than the losses on average."
10
60
654
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"Good trading is boring; bad trading is exciting and makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up. You can be a bored rich trader or a thrill-seeking gambler. It's entirely your choice." $STUDY
7
97
648
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"In the stock market, you're playing probabilities, not certainties; that means you cannot be correct all the time. If you make more on your winners than you lose on your loses over time, that's all you need to accomplish to be successful."
1
107
636
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"There is only one way to protect your portfolio from a large loss, and that is to sell when you have a small loss before it snowballs into a huge one."
5
68
640
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"If a stock is under accumulation, a price consolidation represents a period when strong investors absorb weak traders. Once the "weak hands" have been eliminated, the lack of supply allows the stock to move higher because even a small amount of demand will overwhelm inventory."
5
94
635
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"To trade with ease, you must learn to wait patiently until the wind is at your back. Why not wait for a breezy day to set sail?"
6
74
631
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"History clearly shows that virtually every super performance stock was in a definite uptrend before experiencing its big advance. In fact, 99% of them traded above their 200-day moving average before their huge advance and 96% traded above their 50-day moving average."
18
80
633
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"For me, the greatest success came when I finally decided to forget about the money and concentrate on being the trader I could be. Then the money followed."
8
64
636
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
1 year
"For me, the greatest success came when I finally decided to forget about the money and concentrate on being the trader I could be. Then the money followed."
4
75
621
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"There is no shame in losing money on a stock trade, but to hold on to a loss and let it get bigger and bigger or, even worse, to buy more is amateurish and self destructive."
9
65
621
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"You don't need a PhD in math or physics to be successful in the stock market, just the right knowledge, a good work ethic and discipline."
12
72
618
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"I rarely buy a stock that has corrected 60% or more. Most constructive setups correct between 10 and 35%."
3
92
617
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"A stock trading strategy is like a marriage; if you're not faithful, you probably won't have a good outcome."
10
76
602
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
3 years
"I went six consecutive years without making a penny while pursuing stock trading. Along the way I had days I when I almost threw in the towel and gave up. However, I knew the power of persistence."
11
69
609
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"If the stock is healthy and under accumulation, the pullbacks will be brief and will be met with support that pushes the stock to new highs within days, bouncing back like a tennis ball."
3
73
591
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"By keeping your losses small, you preserve your hard earned capital for future investments."
6
61
605
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"If you can't learn to accept small losses, sooner or later you will take big losses."
8
75
603
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"To compound your capital, you must be where the action is. You can't afford to have your money tied up in a stock waiting for what you think is a great fundamental story to get noticed by the rest of the world."
4
74
605
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"The money will come as a result of sticking to your discipline and maintain a positive risk/reward ratio."
5
82
597
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"Most investors treat trading as a hobby because they have a full-time job doing something else. If you treat trading like a business, it will pay you like a business."
3
74
594
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"The stocks that emerge first in the early stage of the a new bull market with the greatest power are generally the best candidates for superperformance."
9
71
597
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"To trade with ease, you must learn to wait patiently until the wind is at your back. Why not wait for a breezy day to set sail?"
4
80
590
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"A trader who really knows the strengths and weaknesses of his or her own strategy can do significantly better than someone who knows only a little about a superior strategy."
8
75
580
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"The stocks that hold up the best and rally into new high ground off the market low during the first 4 to 8 weeks of a new bull market are the true market leaders. You can't afford to ignore these golden opportunities." $STUDY
5
70
586
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"The stock market is no place for someone who is easily discouraged by mistakes."
2
67
582
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"When a stock you have bought falls below your purchase price, it is telling you have made an error - at a minimum in timing."
3
63
581
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"I dropped out of school at age 15 with virtually no money and no education. If I could make big money in the stock market, think about how well you can do. There is no reason you shouldn't be able to achieve far more than I have."
14
51
579
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"A stock trading strategy is like a marriage; if you're not faithful, you probably won't have a good outcome."
7
60
575
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"No stock can be held forever."
22
45
567
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"Once the stock successfully breaks out, the stock price should hold its 20-day moving average and in most cases should not close below it."
6
89
574
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"You need to first understand that your greatest challenge is not the stock market, it's you."
13
63
563
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
3 years
"I made 99% of my profits in the stock market by trading in leading names."
8
38
567
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"When a stock you have bought falls below your purchase price, it is telling you have made an error - at a minimum in timing."
11
49
561
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"If a stock is under accumulation, a price consolidation represents a period when strong investors absorb weak traders. Once the "weak hands" have been eliminated, the lack of supply allows the stock to move higher because even a small amount of demand will overwhelm inventory."
5
81
563
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"If you think stock trading is gambling, I suppose you could say the same about brain surgery. To a trained surgeon with the necessary expertise, it is a job with risks that are offset by knowledge, training and ultimately skill. Stock trading is no different."
6
87
561
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"The market can and will break anyone who ignores the risks and dangers."
5
60
545
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"To have lasting success in the stock market, you must decide once and for all that it's more important to make money than to be right. Your ego must take a backseat."
2
73
558
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"Price reactions and pullbacks allow you to determine whether your stock is a tennis ball or an egg."
8
58
548
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"Once acquired, the skill of proficient stock trading can never be taken from you. No one can fire you from your craft the way a boss can from a job; it's just you and the market. All you have learned and the experience you have gained can bear fruit for man years to come."
5
74
550
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"The real mistake comes when you refuse to make an adjustment after things change."
4
61
542
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"If you're going to become a stock trader, you will be trading for years, maybe even decades. If you regard each trade as just one out of a million over time, it becomes much easier to take a small loss and move on to the next trade."
3
53
538
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"In the stock market, you're playing probabilities, not certainties; that means you cannot be correct all the time. If you make more on your winners than you lose on your loses over time, that's all you need to accomplish to be successful."
6
89
537
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"Most investors shy away from names they have never heard of. This is exactly the opposite of what you should do if your goal is to find big stock market winners."
12
46
539
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"It doesn't really matter what you think about a stock. What matters is what big institutions think, because they are the ones that can move a stock price dramatically."
9
60
532
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"On the basis of 30 years of personal experience and historical analysis of every market cycle going back to the early 1900s, I can assure you that nothing has changed very much. In fact, history repeats itself over and over."
6
39
533
@MinerviniQuote
Mark Minervini Quotes
2 years
"Your opinion about a company is worthless unless it is verified by the price action of the stock."
9
62
534