Jesse Livermore was an early innovator in the trading world as one of the first traders to create a trading plan and a system. He basically invented price action trading and trend following in the early 20th century. He had higher highs and lower lows than most people can even imagine, he both became wealthy and blew up his trading accounts many times. He made huge amounts of money on the crashes of 1907 and 1929, it is said that he made over $100 million on the 1929 crash while others were ruined. While many disregard his wisdom because he ended up committing suicide I disagree. I think that is like saying Earnest ... (full story)