Jesse Livermore Quotes

The secret to being successful from a trading perspective is to have an indefatigable and an undying and unquenchable thirst for information and knowledge.

To make money in the markets, you have to think independently and be humble.

One of the very nice things about investing in the stock market is that you learn about all different aspects of the economy. It's your window into a very large world.

Trading demands total concentration and the ability to do several things at once while instantly recalling trading prices from the day, or week, before.

It is no difficult trick to bring a great deal of energy, study, and native ability into Wall Street and to end up with losses instead of profits. These virtues, if channeled in the wrong directions, become indistinguishable from handicaps.

If (investing) weren't a little difficult, everybody would be rich.

One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person buys, another sells, and both think they are astute.

In the world of money and investing, you must learn to control your emotions.

Macro-trading requires a high degree of skill, focus and repetition. Life events, such as birth, divorce, death of a loved one and other emotional highs and lows are obstacles to success in this specific field of finance.

If you have read me for any length of time, you know I am less than enthralled with much of what passes for financial news.

In college I started studying the stock market. I went down to the stock exchange, watched all the activity from the visitors' gallery, people running around, calling numbers, shouting, and all the paper flying and the bells ringing, and of course that was exciting, and it seemed to lend itself to my analytical skills.

I was not a student of Wall Street, but I was a quick study.

I believe in the future, and to be a good investor, you have to believe in the future.

I caught hold of the great bull market in soybeans in 1977. I had no idea what I was doing, incidentally.

I'm not a Wall Street expert, but I can read the papers.

I've always loved to play games, and face it: investing is one big game. You need to be decisive, open-minded, flexible and competitive.

I've just done a commercial in the U.S. in which I talk about stocks, shares and bonds. Everyone is amazed. They ask me: 'You really know about that stuff or did you just learn it for the commercial?' I tell them I wouldn't do it unless I understood and had an interest.

Trading is very competitive and you have to be able to handle getting your butt kicked.

With 'posts' running in the millions, Internet message boards have become an essential part of the savvy investor's arsenal.

The hardest trader I've ever run against.

I started trading around 1979, fresh out of college. In the early '90s, I started guesting for major news media.

My investment advice is rooted in my understanding of economics.

Investing in a poker game and investing in stocks, at least the way I do it, it's a very similar skillset.

My life is like a series of comic strips, which is why I like investing: I really like new stuff.

Money and investing can be complex, confusing, and often boring subjects.