Jesse Livermore

World's Greatest Stock Trader

[Jesse Livermore @LivermoreQuotes]

I don't buy long stocks on a scale down, I buy on a scale up. -J.L.

[Jesse Livermore @LivermoreQuotes]

Greed, fear, impatience and hope will all fight for mental dominance over the speculator. -J.L.

[Jesse Livermore @LivermoreQuotes]

There are times when playing the stock market that your money should be inactive, waiting on the sideline in cash. -J.L.

[Jesse Livermore @LivermoreQuotes]

One of the greatest mistakes even experienced investors make is buying cheap securities, just because they are selling at a low price. -J.L.

[Jesse Livermore @LivermoreQuotes]

Don't worry about catching tops or bottoms, that's fools play.-J.L.

[Jesse Livermore @LivermoreQuotes]

Take your losses quickly and don't brood about them. - J.L.

[Jesse Livermore @LivermoreQuotes]

The only way you get a real education in the market is to invest cash, track your trade and study mistakes.- J.L.

[Jesse Livermore @LivermoreQuotes]

There is only one side of the market and it is not the bull side or the bear side, but the right side. -J.L.

[Jesse Livermore @LivermoreQuotes]

The examination of a losing trade is tortuous but necessary to ensure that it will not happen again. -J.L.

[Jesse Livermore @LivermoreQuotes]

Keep the number of stocks you own to a controllable number. It's hard to herd cats and it's hard to trade a lot of securities. -J.L.

[Jesse Livermore @LivermoreQuotes]

I never try to predict or anticipate. I only try to react to what the market is telling me by it's behavior. - J.L.

[Jesse Livermore @LivermoreQuotes]

Keep your money invested in the leaders, the stocks that are moving. Time is a true trading dimension in operating in the market. - J.L.

[Jesse Livermore @LivermoreQuotes]

I never try to predict or anticipate. I only try to react to what the market is telling me by it's behavior. -J.L.

[Jesse Livermore @LivermoreQuotes]

The game of speculation is the most uniformly fascinating game in the world. - J.L.