Description
Book SynopsisLearn how to generate profit, from history's most celebrated traders including William J. O'Neil, Jesse Livermore, and othersIn How Legendary Traders Made Millions, award-winning investment author and historian John Boik has created the first book to put the strategies of history's top traders in one place
Revealing how each trader took advantage of distinct market situations, it details the hands-on specifics of each trade as well as the economic, political, and stock market environments in which the strategy flourished.
Key features
Profiles 10 of the greatest traders of all time and the trades and strategies that made them successful and legendaryJohn Boik's previous book was chosen by Barron's as one of the best 25 books of 2004This book contains exclusive Investor's Business Daily charts and data that appear here for the first time in book formDetailed trade analyses show how money was made in virtually every market cycle, from boom to bust
Table of Contents
Introduction Chapter 1: Industrial Stocks Produce a Millionaire Chapter 2: A Few Sidestep Landmines to Profit Chapter 3: Shrewd Traders Made and Kept Millions Chapter 4: Patience and Flexibility Lead to Profits Chapter 5: Victory Opens Opportunity for a Legendary Trader Chapter 6: Innovative Stocks Produce Fabulous Profits Chapter 7: A "Go-Go" Bull Run Puts Profits in Pockets That Studied History Chapter 8: Most Get Whipped Up and Down Except the Best Chapter 9: A Great Trader Outruns the Bull and Avoids the Crash Chapter 10: New Technologies Produce Unprecedented Opportunities Chapter 11: Avoiding Bear Tracks Keeps Prior Profits in Experts' Accounts Chapter 12: Learning From the Lessons of History and the Greatest Traders Bibliography/Resources
