Bad trades

I think it’s pretty well understood that even for good investors, sometimes things don’t work out or you just have a one off bad year and then might get fired. As someone who’s  been considering the MM life, I’d be curious to hear about what your lessons learnt or how these mistakes happened, if people are willing to share. 

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