Marcus Aurelius on Wall Street: Timeless Principles for Chaos

Why Meditations is the most important book any systematic trader can read. Focus on the process, not the outcome.

Process over Outcome

In systematic trading, we build models based on historical probabilities. However, in the heat of the moment, the human brain craves certainty. This is where Stoicism provides the necessary mental armor.

“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”

Every failed trade is data. Every losing streak is a test of your systems’s robustness and your own character. If you followed your rules and lost money, you succeeded. If you broke your rules and made money, you failed.