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# Reminiscences Of A Stock Operator

## Table of Contents

[Table of Contents](#table-of-contents)

[Foreword, by Kenny Polcari](/welcome/foreword.md)

[Chapter Guides](/welcome/chapterguides.md)

### <mark style="background-color:$primary;">PART I — STOCK OPERATOR: THE ORIGIN STORY</mark>

[Chapter 1: "On The Discovery Of My Game" (1891-1897, Age 14-20)](/part1/1.md)\
[Chapter 2: "To Failure On Wall Street" (1898-1899 Age 21-22)](/part1/2.md)\
[Chapter 3: "The Right Side Of The Market: A Man Has Got To Believe In Himself" (1899-1901 Age 22-24)](/part1/3.md)\
[Chapter 4: "Sweet Revenge: Skinning The Skinners" (1901-1905 Age 24-28)](/part1/4.md)\
[Chapter 5: "The Old Turkey Wisdom And The Sucker Class Games" (1905-1906 Age 28-29)](/part1/5.md)\
[Chapter 6: "My First Big Killing, The Quarter Million Dollar Hunch" (1906 Age 29)](/part1/6.md)\
[Chapter 7: "My Thinking Changed Before My Luck Did"](/part1/7.md)\
[Chapter 8: "Cocksure: The Lawrence Livingston Trucking Corporation" (1906 Age 29)](/part1/8.md)\
[Chapter 9: "My First Million: When I Am Right, I Have To Prove It With Money" (1907 Age 30)](/part1/9.md)

### <mark style="background-color:$danger;">PART II — STOCK OPERATOR: THE CRUCIBLE YEARS</mark>

[Chapter 10: "The First Million-Dollar Mistake: Speculative Hazards" (1907 Age 30)](/part-ii-stock-operator-the-crucible-years/10.md)\
[Chapter 11: "The Cotton King Crown" (1907-1908 Age 30-31)](/part-ii-stock-operator-the-crucible-years/11.md)\
[Chapter 12: "Ruination: When I Ceased To Do My Own Thinking" (1908-1911 Age 30-34)](/part-ii-stock-operator-the-crucible-years/12.md)\
[Chapter 13: "The Moneyless Period" (1911-1914 Age 34-37)](/part-ii-stock-operator-the-crucible-years/13.md)\
[Chapter 14: "To Go Bankrupt: A Man Must Put Himself In The Position To Make Money" (1914-1915 Age 37-38)](/part-ii-stock-operator-the-crucible-years/14.md)\
[Chapter 15: "A Horror Of Whiners: The Hazards Of Being Right" (1917 Age 40)](/part-ii-stock-operator-the-crucible-years/15.md)

### <mark style="background-color:purple;">PART III — STOCK OPERATOR: THE GAME OF SPECULATION</mark>

[Chapter 16: "The Problem With Stock Tips"](/part3/16.md)\
[Chapter 17: "The Science of Trading: My Business Is To Be Right"](/part3/17.md)\
[Chapter 18: "Capitalizing Your Knowledge Of The Game"](/part3/18.md)\
[Chapter 19: "The Old Manipulators And The Human Factors: Daniel Drew, Jacob Little, Jay Gould, Commodore Vanderbilt"](/part3/19.md)\
[Chapter 20: "On The Goal Of Manipulation And The Role Of A Stock Operator"](/part3/20.md)\
[Chapter 21: "A Beautiful Piece Of Manipulation: Marking Up The Price of Imperial Steel 30 Points"](/part3/21.md)\
[Chapter 22: "Don't Argue With The Tape: Consolidated Stove and The Syndicate"](/part3/22.md)\
[Chapter 23: "Stories We Tell To Sell: The Public Always Wants To Be Told, And The Public Always Pays"](/part3/23.md)\
[Chapter 24: "No Asphalt Boulevard"](/part3/24.md)