Disregarding the big swing and trying to jump in and out was fatal to me. Nobody can catch all the fluctuations. In… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore Copy Share Image
It took me five years to learn to play the game intelligently enough to make big money when I was right. — Jesse Lauriston Livermore Copy Share Image
Without faith in his own judgment no man can go very far in this game. That is about all I have learned… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore Copy Share Image
A man must believe in himself and his judgement if he expects to make a living at this game. That is why… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore Copy Share Image
I did precisely the wrong thing. The cotton showed me a loss and I kept it. The wheat showed me a profit… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore Copy Share Image
The game of speculation is the most uniformly fascinating game in the world. But it is not a game for the stupid,… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore Copy Share Image
If the unusual never happened there would be no difference in people and then there wouldn't be any fun in life. The… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore Copy Share Image
After spending many years in Wall Street and after making and losing millions of dollars I want to tell you this: It never was… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore Copy Share Image
Disregarding the big swing and trying to jump in and out was fatal to me. Nobody can catch all the fluctuations. In a bull… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore Copy Share Image
My main life lesson from investing: self-interest is the most powerful force on earth, and can get people to embrace and defend almost anything. — Jesse Lauriston Livermore Copy Share Image
Every once in a while you must go to cash, take a break, take a vacation. Don't try to play the market all the… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore Copy Share Image
The only thing to do when a man is wrong is to be right by ceasing to be wrong. — Jesse Lauriston Livermore Copy Share Image
Never try to sell at the top. It isn't wise. Sell after a reaction if there is no rally. — Jesse Lauriston Livermore Copy Share Image
When a man is right he wants to get all that is coming to him for being right. — Jesse Lauriston Livermore Copy Share Image
I know from experience that nobody can give me a tip or a series of tips that will make more money for me than… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore Copy Share Image
To anticipate the market is to gamble. To be patient and react only when the market gives the signal is to speculate. — Jesse Lauriston Livermore Copy Share Image
It is literally true that millions come easier to a trader after he knows how to trade, than hundreds did in the days of… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore Copy Share Image
A man may see straight and clearly and yet become impatient or doubtful when the market takes its time about doing as he figured… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore Copy Share Image
