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Top 30 Jesse Livermore Quotes (STOCK TRADER)

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There is only one side to the stock market; and it is not the bull side or the bear side, but the right side.
There is only one side to the stock market; and it is not the bull side or the bear side, but the right side.
There is nothing new in Wall Street... Whatever happens in the stock market today has happened before and will happen again.
There is nothing new in Wall Street… Whatever happens in the stock market today has happened before and will happen again.
What has happened in the past will happen again. This is because Markets are driven by humans and human nature never changes.
What has happened in the past will happen again. This is because Markets are driven by humans and human nature never changes.
A man must believe in himself and his judgement if he expects to make a living at this game. That is why I don’t believe in tips.
A man must believe in himself and his judgement if he expects to make a living at this game. That is why I don’t believe in tips.
What beat me was not having brains enough to stick to my own game... There is the Wall Street fool, who thinks he must trade all the time.
What beat me was not having brains enough to stick to my own game… There is the Wall Street fool, who thinks he must trade all the time.
Buy rising stocks and sell falling stocks.
Buy rising stocks and sell falling stocks.
The nature of the game as it is played is such that the public should realize that the truth cannot be told by the few who know.
The nature of the game as it is played is such that the public should realize that the truth cannot be told by the few who know.
A man must study general conditions, to seize them so as to be able to anticipate probabilities.
A man must study general conditions, to seize them so as to be able to anticipate probabilities.
Without faith in his own judgment no man can go very far in this game.
Without faith in his own judgment no man can go very far in this game.
It never was my thinking that made me the big money for me. It always was my sitting.
It never was my thinking that made me the big money for me. It always was my sitting.

8 Jesse Livermore Quotes on Stock Market Trading

“Don’t take action with a trade until the market, itself, confirms your opinion. Being a little late in a trade is insurance that your opinion is correct. In other words, don’t be an impatient trader.”

Jesse Livermore
To anticipate the market is to gamble. To be patient and react only when the market gives the signal is to speculate.
To anticipate the market is to gamble. To be patient and react only when the market gives the signal is to speculate.
A loss never bothers me after I take it. I forget it overnight. But being wrong – not taking the loss – that is what does damage to the pocketbook and to the soul.
A loss never bothers me after I take it. I forget it overnight. But being wrong – not taking the loss – that is what does damage to the pocketbook and to the soul.
You can win on a stock, but you cannot beat Wall Street all the time.
You can win on a stock, but you cannot beat Wall Street all the time.
The game taught me the game. And it didn’t spare the rod while teaching.
The game taught me the game. And it didn’t spare the rod while teaching.
It has always been my experience that I never benefited much from a move if I did not get in at somewhere near the beginning of that move.
It has always been my experience that I never benefited much from a move if I did not get in at somewhere near the beginning of that move.
It is what people did in the stock market that counts — not what they said they were going to do.
It is what people did in the stock market that counts — not what they said they were going to do.
Stocks are never too high to buy or too low to sell.
Stocks are never too high to buy or too low to sell.

12 Wise Jesse Livermore Quotes on Trading (WISDOM)

“Instead of hoping he must fear and instead of fearing he must hope. He must fear that his loss may develop into a much bigger loss, and hope that his profit may become a big profit.”

Jesse Livermore
There is a time to go long. There is a time to go short. There is a time to go fishing.
There is a time to go long. There is a time to go short. There is a time to go fishing.
A prudent speculator never argues with the tape. Markets are never wrong, opinions often are.
A prudent speculator never argues with the tape. Markets are never wrong, opinions often are.
If you can’t sleep at night because of your stock market position, then you have gone too far. If this is the case, then sell your position down to the sleeping level.
If you can’t sleep at night because of your stock market position, then you have gone too far. If this is the case, then sell your position down to the sleeping level.
If there was any easy money lying around, no one would be forcing it into your pocket.
If there was any easy money lying around, no one would be forcing it into your pocket.
End trades when it is clear that the trend you are profiting from is over.
End trades when it is clear that the trend you are profiting from is over.
If a man didn't make mistakes he'd own the world in a month. But if he didn't profit by his mistakes he wouldn't own a blessed thing.
If a man didn’t make mistakes he’d own the world in a month. But if he didn’t profit by his mistakes he wouldn’t own a blessed thing.
People who look for easy money invariable pay for the privilege of proving conclusively that it cannot be found on this earth.
People who look for easy money invariable pay for the privilege of proving conclusively that it cannot be found on this earth.
Failure to take advantage of a serendipitous act of good luck in the stock market is often a mistake.
Failure to take advantage of a serendipitous act of good luck in the stock market is often a mistake.
It is literally true that millions come easier to a trader after he knows how to trade, than hundreds did in the days of his ignorance.
It is literally true that millions come easier to a trader after he knows how to trade, than hundreds did in the days of his ignorance.
I never hesitate to tell a man that I am bullish or bearish. But I do not tell people to buy or sell any particular stock.
I never hesitate to tell a man that I am bullish or bearish. But I do not tell people to buy or sell any particular stock.
Experience has proved to me that real money made in speculating has been in commitments in a stock or commodity showing a profit right from the start.
Experience has proved to me that real money made in speculating has been in commitments in a stock or commodity showing a profit right from the start.

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