“The trend is your friend except at the end where it bends.”

—  Ed Seykota

Source: Schwager, Jack D. Technical Analysis, Wiley; 1 edition (December 1995), ISBN 0471020516 Read it here http://books.google.co.uk/books?vid=ISBN0471020516&id=h0AfBRLrkJYC&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25&dq=seykota&sig=Z4BZ3qZu3W-QJWYVDGB6xBg8LEk

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