How Legendary Traders Made Millions Profiting From the Investment Strategies of the Gretest Traders of All time

by Boik, John

• ISBN13: 9780071468220
• ISBN10: 0071468226
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-13
• Publisher: McGraw Hill

Summary

Profiles 10 of the greatest traders of all time and the trades and strategies that made them successful and legendary John Boik's previous book was chosen by Barron's as one of the best 25 books of 2004 This book contains exclusive Investor's Business Daily charts and data that appear here for the first time in book form Detailed trade analyses show how money was made in virtually every market cycle, from boom to bust

Author Biography

John Boik is the author of the breakthrough book Lessons from the Greatest Stock Traders of All Time.

Table of Contents

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