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Run Profits, Cut Losses: Long Optionality

Paul Mulvaney

Paul Mulvaney’s one-page explanation of why running profits and cutting losses creates option-like returns.

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Summary

A single chart from trend follower Paul Mulvaney. Trailing stops cut the downside; refusing to take profits at fixed targets keeps the rare, large wins.

He contrasts this with the disposition effect, the common habit of selling winners too soon and holding losers too long.

Source

Title
Run Profits, Cut Losses: Long Optionality
Author
Paul Mulvaney
Published by
One-page chart
Length
1 pages
File
PDF · 56 KB

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