How Legendary Traders Made Millions : Profiting from the Investing Strategies of the Greatest Stock Traders of All Times

Acknowledgments vii Author's Note ix Introduction: How Legendary Traders Made Millions xi Industrial Stocks Produce a Millionaire (1897--1909) 1(18) Bernard Baruch Considered the Action of the Market When Making His Plans A Few Sidestep Landmines to Profit (1910--19) 19(14) Jesse Livermore Followed the General Trend of the Market to Do Well Shrewd Traders Made and Kept Millions (1920--29) 33(24) Richard Wyckoff Learned by Judging the Action of the Market Patience and Flexibility Lead to Profits (1930--39) 57(14) Gerald Loeb's Flexibility Allows Him to Profit in Difficult Times Victory Creates More Opportunity for a Legendary Trader (1940--49) 71(10) Gerald Loeb Entered the Market When the Trend Seemed Clearly Enough Established Innovative Stocks Produce Fabulous Profits (1950--59) 81(24) Nicolas Darvas Saw the Trend and Took Full Advantage of It A ``Go-Go'' Bull Run Puts Profits in Pockets That Studied History (1960--69) 105(26) Jack Dreyfus Followed Historical Stock Price Patterns to Reap Huge Returns Most Get Whipped Up and Down Except the Best (1970--79) 131(24) William J. O'Neil Knew That Flexibility Was One of the Keys to Success A Great Trader Outruns the Bull and Avoids the Crash (1980--89) 155(26) William J. O'Neil Follows the Actions of the Market and Then Acts Appropriately New Technologies Produce Unprecedented Opportunities (1990--99) 181(38) William J. O'Neil Studies the Best Past Performers to Discover the Next Great Ones Avoiding Bear Tracks Keeps Prior Profits in Expert Accounts (2000--2004) 219(32) Jim Roppel Knows That the Health of the Market Is Paramount Learning from the Lessons of History and the Greatest Traders 251(20) Bibliography/Resources 271(4) Index 275