How to Trade in Stocks 0071469796
His own words: The Jesse Livermore secret trading formula for understanding timing, money management, and emotional cont
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English Pages [275] Year 2001
- Author / Uploaded
- LIVERMORE
- Jesse Lauriston and SMITTEN
- Richard
- Commentary
- For a major publisher this book contains a surprising number of elementary grammatical errors. Also the Table of Contents, particularly for Chapter 8, does not reflect sequence / content accurately. Bookmarks attempt to address.
Table of contents :
How to Trade in Stocks - Front Cover
Title Page
Printer's Imprint
Table of Contents
Dedication
Special Thanks
Introduction
Preface
Chapter 1. Challenge of Speculation
Chapter 2. When Does a Stock Act Right?
Chapter 3. Follow the Leaders
Chapter 4. Money in the Hand
Chapter 5. The Pivotal Point
Chapter 6. The Million Dollar Blunder
Chapter 7. Three Million Dollar Profit
Chapter 8. TDT Timing Secrets
Timing — “Timing is everything”
(TDT) Top Down Trading
(TM) — The Market
(TIG) — The Industry Group
(TT) Tandem Trading
(TDT) — Top Down Trading
Industry Group Action
(FCL) — Following the Current Leaders
Calling the Tops Using Industry Groups
(TT) — “Tandem Trading”
(RPP) — Reversal Pivotal Points
(CPP) Evaluating Continuation Pivotal Points
(S) — Spikes — One Day Reversals
(BONH) — Breakouts on a New High
(BOCB) — Breakout from a Consolidating Base
Summary
Line of Least Resistance
Stocks Have Personalities
Knowledge and Patience
Chapter 9. Money Management
(MM) — Five Rules of Money Management
Rule #1
Rule #2
Rule #3
Rule #4
Rule #5
Photo-plates (1-16)
Avoid Cheap Stocks
Disregard the Action of Insiders
Establish a Profit Target — Risk/Reward Ratio
Always Establish a Stop Before Making a Trade
Time as a Trading Dimension
Points are a Key to Money Management
Livermore’s Method of Pyramiding
Profits: The Spine of Every Stock
Chapter 10. Emotional Control
General Comments
How Livermore Prepared for his Day
The Special Arrangement of his Office
How to Deal with Media Releases
Cut Your Losses — Let the Winners Ride
The Will
Beware of Stock Tips
“Beware of Insider Information”
Chapter 11. In the New Millennium
Using the Computer — Trading System Preview
Chapter 12. Addendum — Trading Guide
Livermore Laws — Trading Secrets Revealed
Money Management Rules
Emotional Control
All Tips are Dangerous
Conclusion
Software
Biographical Note on Jesse Livermore
“The Amazing Life of Jesse Livermore”: Quotes / Reviews
Independent Addendum: “Livermore Secret Market Key: Printed exactly as 1940 edition”
Editor's Introductory Note
The Livermore Market Key
Explanatory Rules
Charts and Explanations
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Rear Cover
