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Money is made by sitting, not trading.
Jesse Lauriston Livermore
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The desire for constant action irrespective of underlying conditions is responsible for many losses on Wall Street even among the professionals, who feel that they must take home some money every day, as though they were working for regular wages.
Jesse Lauriston Livermore
It isn't as important to buy as cheap as possible as it is to buy at the right time.
Jesse Lauriston Livermore
There is the plain fool who does the wrong thing at all times anywhere, but there is the Wall Street fool who thinks he must trade all the time.
Jesse Lauriston Livermore
Experience has proved to me that real money made in speculating has been in commitments in a stock or commodity showing a profit right from the start.
Jesse Lauriston Livermore
It takes a man a long time to learn all the lessons of all his mistakes.
Jesse Lauriston Livermore
It never was my thinking that made the big money for me. It always was my sitting.
Jesse Lauriston Livermore
Trends come like a series of ocean waves, bringing the high tide when things are good and, as conditions recede, the low tide appears. These trends come unexpectedly, unpredictably, and they have to be weathered with temperance, poise, and patience- good or bad.
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A man must study general conditions, to seize them so as to be able to anticipate probabilities.
Jesse Lauriston Livermore
At long as a stock is acting right, and the market is right, do not be in a hurry to take profits. One should never permit speculative ventures to run into investments.
Jesse Lauriston Livermore
When I'm bearish and I sell a stock, each sale must be at a lower level than the previous sale. When I am buying, the reverse is true. I must buy on a rising scale. I don't buy long stocks on a scale down, I buy on a scale up.
Jesse Lauriston Livermore
After spending many years in Wall Street and after making and losing millions of dollars I want to tell you this: It never was my thinking that made the big money for me. It always was my sitting. Got that? My sitting tight!
Jesse Lauriston Livermore
Disregarding the big swing and trying to jump in and out was fatal to me. Nobody can catch all the fluctuations. In a bull market your game is to buy and hold until you believe that the bull market is near its end. To do this you must study general conditions and not tips or special factors affecting individual stocks.
Jesse Lauriston Livermore
It took me five years to learn to play the game intelligently enough to make big money when I was right.
Jesse Lauriston Livermore
Never buy at the bottom, and always sell too soon.
Jesse Lauriston Livermore
If somebody had told me my method would not work I nevertheless would have tried it out to make sure for myself, for when I am wrong only one thing convinces me of it, and that is, to lose money. And I am only right when I make money. That is speculating.
Jesse Lauriston Livermore
He will risk half his fortune in the stock market with less reflection that he devotes to the selection of a medium-priced automobile.
Jesse Lauriston Livermore
The stock market is never obvious. It is designed to fool most of the people, most of the time.
Jesse Lauriston Livermore
I never hesitate to tell a man that I am bullish or bearish. But I do not tell people to buy or sell any particular stock. In a bear market all stocks go down and in a bull market they go up.
Jesse Lauriston Livermore
A man must believe in himself and his judgement if he expects to make a living at this game. That is why I don't believe in tips.
Jesse Lauriston Livermore
Instead of hoping he must fear and instead of fearing he must hope. He must fear that his loss may develop into a much bigger loss, and hope that his profit may become a big profit.
Jesse Lauriston Livermore
