Substantial_Lunch_88 t1_j5knf07 wrote on January 23, 2023 at 6:08 PM Reply to comment by AudibleNod in TIL: Jesse Livermoore pioneered day trading. His shorts for the 1906 SF earthquake and the 1929 crash are considered legendary. He grew up poor, but at 14 worked as a board boy at a stock firm and started gambling. He would consistently become rich or bankrupt, and he died with millions in debt. by Flares117 Imagine starting a short position a day before an earthquake, he wasn’t good he was lucky Permalink Parent 1
Substantial_Lunch_88 t1_j5knf07 wrote
Reply to comment by AudibleNod in TIL: Jesse Livermoore pioneered day trading. His shorts for the 1906 SF earthquake and the 1929 crash are considered legendary. He grew up poor, but at 14 worked as a board boy at a stock firm and started gambling. He would consistently become rich or bankrupt, and he died with millions in debt. by Flares117
Imagine starting a short position a day before an earthquake, he wasn’t good he was lucky