1929 -- Livermore lives up to reputation as : "the great bear of Wall Street" -- The back story -- running away from home -- banned in Boston bucket shops -- Gets a stake -- feels the San Francisco earthquake rumble in New York -- Calls the crash of 1907 -- J.P. Morgan asks a favor to save the stock exchange -- Lives it up in Palm Beach -- falls under the thrall of the cotton king -- goes bust -- World War I -- gets back on his feet -- falls in love -- Marries beautiful showgirl -- builds his mansion -- perfects his market theory -- Leads some stock pools -- builds his fortune -- slips past several major scandals -- Stick up at the Livermore mansion -- "Boston Billy" robs from the rich -- The dark clouds gather as things get too good -- the crash of 1929 -- Livermore evolves market timing secrets when to hold 'em when to fold 'em -- The Livermore "money management" rules are born -- Livermore loses love of his life -- divorce, desolation, despair -- his luck sours -- The Ziegfield follies girl, Dorothy, shoots Jesse Livermore Jr. -- their son -- The grim reaper raises his ugly head -- death knocks on the door, three times -- Addendum : trading manual -- Livermore laws and trading secrets revealed.
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