How to Trade in Stocks

I would have rated this higher if I had not already read Reminisences of a Stock Operator. There's very little in this book that is not presented there, and I think the presentation there is more vivid. The main thing that is new is some actual detail about approaching Livermore's pivot points, incl......more

This is a must read book for any trader attempting to make it big. Jesse Livermore, in many ways, is the complete opposite of financial role models like Warren Buffet. His take on the stock market is like no other. After reading the book, you realize it wasn't luck that was on Livermore's side but h......more

Really, who would take seriously the trading system of a guy who lost the lot at least five times, and ended up eating a bullet? So what if he made six fortunes, when he lost five of them. Just goes to show there is no system to 'beat' the market. As for the book itself, some poor editing, inconsist......more

This is a kind of odd book. Very little of the edition that I read was Livermore's actual book, which I'm guessing was originally little more than a pamphlet that he wrote at his son's urging. The Livermore text is padded with a lot of reiterating by the editor, and what amounts to a second, longer b......more

Interesting book, centered around Livemore's trading system. The system focuses purely on a momentum based strategy revolving around charting techniques. Little to do with Ghaham / Dodd style investment analysis (Livemore actually discourages this style of investing). Since I prefer financial statem......more