Time Quotes by Jesse Lauriston Livermore

8 Time quotes by Jesse Lauriston Livermore

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A legendary trader’s view of the clock is razor‑sharp. In eight short quotes Jesse links timing to risk, opportunity, and the relentless flow of market cycles.

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A man may see straight and clearly and yet become impatient or doubtful when the market takes its time about doing as…

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There is time to go long, time to go short and time to go fishing.

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It takes a man a long time to learn all the lessons of all his mistakes.

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"If I buy stocks on Smith's tip I must sell those same stocks on Smith's tip. I am depending on him. Suppose…

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The stock market is never obvious. It is designed to fool most of the people, most of the time.

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Don't give me timing, give me time

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If I learned all this so slowly it was because I learned by my mistakes, and some time always elapses between making…

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There are times when you should be completely out of the market, for emotional as well as economic reasons.

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After spending many years in Wall Street and after making and losing millions of dollars I want to tell you this: It never was…

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Disregarding the big swing and trying to jump in and out was fatal to me. Nobody can catch all the fluctuations. In a bull…

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Money is made by sitting, not trading.

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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.

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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…

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The only thing to do when a man is wrong is to be right by ceasing to be wrong.

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Never try to sell at the top. It isn't wise. Sell after a reaction if there is no rally.

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When a man is right he wants to get all that is coming to him for being right.

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I know from experience that nobody can give me a tip or a series of tips that will make more money for me than…

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To anticipate the market is to gamble. To be patient and react only when the market gives the signal is to speculate.

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It is literally true that millions come easier to a trader after he knows how to trade, than hundreds did in the days of…

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A man may see straight and clearly and yet become impatient or doubtful when the market takes its time about doing as he figured…

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The market does not beat them. They beat themselves, because though they have brains they cannot sit tight.

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The average man doesn't wish to be told that it is a bull or a bear market. What he desires is to be told…

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Speculation is a hard and trying business, and a speculator must be on the job all the time or he'll soon have no job…

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