Independent Investor

This book treats stock trading as an adventure, but it is also a good introduction to the mentality of stock trading.
This autobiography is set in the first half of the twentieth century and stars Jesse Livermore, who was a natural speculator.  Jesse Livermore was very much larger than life, even though that is a metaphor that is far too overused generally.  He was one of the most influential speculators of the early twentieth century who won and lost fortunes, and often did this …