Worden Users on the Pareto Principle, Position Sizing and the Kelly Criterion

What a coincidence (do coincidences actually exist???) that just as I’ve been thinking more about money management Worden has had a run of users writing in about money management. Here are some of those letters which were published in the Worden Report (emphasis & links added by yours truly):

Fortune Magazine on Decision Making

There’s a section on how to make great decisions in the June 27th Fortune magazine. One of the people they interviewed is a derivatives trader. Here’s a portion of what he had to say: I supervise about 23 people, and we can trade $1 billion a day. My goal is to make money 52% of [...]

Trading 101: Expectancy

Expectancy along with position sizing are probably the two most important factors in trading/investing success. Sadly most people have never even heard of the concept. Out of the 30 or so trading books I’ve read only a few even touch on any aspect of money management. Only one of those handful of books discussed expectancy. [...]