Following on from Trading Idols: Nicolas Darvas, my next trading idol is legendary trader Jesse Livermore. Although Livermore published his own book ‘How To Trade In Stocks’ which contains many of his pearls of trading wisdom.

We all have our trading idols. One of my trading idols happens to be Nicolas Darvas, the ballroom dancer turned stock trader whom I first became aware of some years ago…

When trading, do you live in fear of missing the boat? How many times have you kicked yourself that you should have bought into the stock or other financial instrument that has just skyrocketed?