1891: The $5 a Week Board Boy (Age 14), Runs away from his family's farm and takes a job posting numbers on stock chalkboards at Paine Webber in Boston. He earns $5 a week while observing price patterns directly on the board.
1892: First Trade & Dropping Out (Ages 15–16)
1892–1893
Puts down his savings on his first bucket-shop bet, turning a $3.12 profit in two days. By age 16, he drops out of school to trade full-time without mentors or formal education, relying strictly on price action.
1901: The $2,500 Wipeout (Age 24)
Moves to New York to trade on Wall Street. Over-leveraging positions and dealing with ticker-tape delays drains his account completely, leaving him broke for the first time.
1906: The $500K Comeback (Age 29)
Borrows $2,000, adjusts to market mechanics, and scales a $10,000 stake up to $500,000 within months after shorting Union Pacific ahead of the San Francisco earthquake collapse.
1907: The Panic of 1907 & J.P. Morgan (Age 30)
Shorts the market right before the 1907 panic and makes over $1 million in a single day. Legendary financier J.P. Morgan personally sends a message begging him to stop shorting to prevent a total market collapse.
1908–1915: Ruin and First Bankruptcy (Ages 31–38)
Breaks his own trading rules by following advice on a cotton corner, losing over 90% of his fortune. Accumulates over $1 million in debt during flat market years and files for bankruptcy in 1914.
1917: Rebuilding the Fortune (Age 40)
Trades his way back during World War I bull markets, paying off every cent of debt and buying mansions, yachts, and private train cars.
1929: The $100 Million Short (Age 52)
Noticing bloated speculation, he systematically builds massive short positions before Black Tuesday. As the crash destroys Wall Street, he walks away with $100 million in cash (over $1.5 billion today).
1934: The Final Downfall (Age 57)
Suffers emotional strain, family tragedy, and strays from his system during changing post-crash market regulations, declaring his final bankruptcy.
1940: The Written Legacy (Age 63)
"It was never my thinking that made the big money for me. It was always my sitting."— Jesse Livermore
Short story where i have been the last few years, i got married and had a very beautiful little son, after few months of problems we end up getting divorced of course everyone know the system and how you get rekt after divorce, lost everything my car, my money, everything i owned.
Got depressed for few months, had to calme my head a little bit to focus on the next chapter and whats coming next. NOW im back with plenty of energy, will be hustling everyday with Uber deliveries and building two business on the side.
Follow my journey, Hope we all make it 🤞
@burnttoast i want to ask you why doodles don't have a website with everything ?
4 or 5 websites each one for something.
Instagram take to studio
Tiktok link take to shop
X LINK take to toy factory .
Why there is no single website that regroup everything ?
@jamesmacheese @lcupm5 @SDClay2 Well you are right and wrong in the same time, there is only one God so by faith one religion, so of course all religions should have similarities, the right one to follow should be the one with the most preserved guidelines