Joe Marwood – Jesse Livermore Trading System
25 lessons from the greatest trader of all time and a complete trading system for large cap stocks.
- Discover 25 time-tested rules from the greatest trader of all time.
- Learn Jesse Livermore’s investing secrets as detailed in his famous book Reminiscences of a Stock Operator.
- Master the art of successful trend trading for maximum profits.
- Learn how to cut losses short, let winners run and conquer your emotions.
- Learn why price is all that matters and how to follow the line of least resistance.
- Learn a complete trading strategy based on Jesse’s rules that has been backtested on 26 years of historical data, and receive the full code for that system.
- A short and fun course that explores all of Jesse’s most important trading lessons.
A Wall Street Classic
In 1923, a financial journalist named Edwin Lefevre interviewed an investor called Jesse Livermore and he published a book on the trader’s life called Reminiscences of a Stock Operator.
To this day, the book remains a Wall Street classic and sits on the desk of many of the best traders.
The book is regarded as an essential read by such well known traders as Ed Seykota, Paul Tudor Jones and even former head of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan.
If you’ve read the Market Wizards series you will know that so many legendary traders have called this book a true classic and this book continues to help thousands of traders learn the markets today.
But do Jesse’s trading rules have any merit in today’s markets?
Well one thing Jesse used to say is that the same market patterns, the same trends occur over and over again. So if that’s true, then Jesses rules should work just as well today as they did then.
And on this course not only will we go over Jesse’s most important trading rules but I’m going to put those rules into actual code and backtest them to see whether or not they work in today’s markets.
The results are both surprising and promising.
Who was Jesse Livermore?
Well, he was born in Massachusetts, in 1877 and in his twenties he moved to New York City to speculate in the stock and commodities market full time.
Over a time period of forty years of trading, Jesse developed an incredible skill for speculation and is said to have accumulated and lost millions of dollars several times over.
At the peak of his fortune, in 1929, Jesse was said to be worth around $100 million. In today’s money, that would be worth somewhere between $1 and $14 billiion.
But Jesse didn’t earn that money trading other people’s funds, he was a completely self-made man, trading with his own money.
He earned the nicknames of Boy Wonder, Boy plunger, and the great bear of Wall Street and his story is one of the most fascinating ever told on Wall Street.
Ultimately, the Jesse Livermore story ended badly, as he committed suicide in 1940.
However, that fact doesn’t detract from his immense trading talent nor the incredible lessons that we can learn from studying Jesse’s career.
Jesse’s Best Trading Rules
Throughout this course we will look at Jesse’s best trading rules as detailed in the famous book and we will get right to the heart and strategy of the master trader.
You’ll learn how to become an expert trend trader, the importance of cutting losses and letting winners run, why you should never listen to tips, and why price always follows the line of least resistance.
A Complete Trading System
Then at the end, you’ll discover a trading system that I’ve developed based on Jesse Livermore’s trading principles. This is a quantitative trend following strategy that shows a performance of 19% in historical backtests and is included with full code and rules.
What You’ll Learn In Jesse Livermore Trading System
Introduction
- Introduction to the course. (3:02)
- Disclaimer & Risk Warning (1:36)
Jess Livermore Trading Rules
- There’s nothing new on Wall Street (3:03)
- Follow the line of least resistance (4:02)
- You can’t catch all the fluctuations (3:57)
- Know when to sit tight (3:24)
- Good trades work straight away (1:48)
- Practice makes perfect (2:01)
- The only side is the right side (2:50)
- Risk management (2:28)
- Irrational investors (2:24)
- You can’t tell till you bet (4:00)
- In a bear market all stocks go down (4:09)
- In a narrow market, wait (3:35)
- Never argue with the tape (2:24)
- Hope And Fear (2:11)
- Don’t trade for excitement (3:50)
- Don’t listen to tips (2:12)
- Taking losses is part of the game (2:21)
- Wait for confirmation (3:34)
- Never average losses (3:20)
- Don’t pick the turns (1:46)
- It’s never too high or too low (3:48)
- Don’t confuse the tape (4:44)
- Your greatest enemy is yourself (5:51)
- A speculation is not an investment (1:46)
- Don’t be the sucker (2:38)
Jesse Livermore Trading System
- Setting up the rules and backtest settings (11:07)
- Backtest results and equity curve (6:41)
- Deeper analysis and thoughts on the system. (15:31)
- Trading System Code For Amibroker
- Jesse Livermore Trading System Step By Step.
The End
- Thank you for watching (1:17)
- Credits
About Joe Marwood
Joe Marwood is an independent trader and investor specialising in financial market analysis and trading systems. He worked as a professional futures trader for a trading firm in London and has a passion for building mechanical trading strategies. He has been in the market since 2008 and working with Amibroker since 2011.
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