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REMINISCENCES OF A STOCK OPERATOR

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, Full-Text Web Book

The Young Trader's Field Guide Edition

Foreword, by Kenny Polcari Play/Listen/Audio

Preface Series and Chapter Guide

PART I – STOCK OPERATOR: THE ORIGIN STORY

Chapter 1 On The Discovery Of My Game (1891-1897, Age 14-20) Listen

Chapter 2 To Failure on Wall Street (1898-1899, Age 21-22)

Chapter 3 The Right Side Of The Market: A Man Has Got To Believe In Himself (1899-1901, Age 22-24)

Chapter 4 Sweet Revenge: Skinning The Skinners (1901-1905, Age 24-28)

Chapter 5 The Old Turkey Wisdom And The Sucker Class Games (1905-1906, Age 28-29)

Chapter 6 My First Big Killing, The Quarter Million Dollar Hunch (1906, Age 29)

Chapter 7 My Thinking Changed Before My Luck Did

Chapter 8 Cocksure: The Lawrence Livingston Trucking Corporation (1906, Age 29)

Chapter 9 My First Million At 30: When I Am Right, I Have To Prove It With Money (1907, Age 30)

PART II – Stock Operator: The Crucible Years

Chapter 10 The First Million-Dollar Mistake: Speculative Hazards (1907, Age 30)

Chapter 11 The Cotton King Crown (1907-1908, Age 30-31)

Chapter 12 Ruination: When I Ceased To Do My Own Thinking (1908-1911, Age 30-34)

Chapter 13 The Moneyless Period (1911-1914, Age 34-37)

Chapter 14 To Go Bankrupt: A Man Must Put Himself In The Position To Make Money (1914-1915, Age 37-38)

Chapter 15 A Horror Of Whiners: The Hazards Of Being Right (1917, Age 40)

PART III –- STOCK OPERATOR: THE GAME OF SPECULATION

Chapter 16 Sucker Tip Takers, Hope Cocktails, and Spectacles: On Doing Your Own Seeing

Chapter 17 My Business Is To Be Right: The Science of Trading

Chapter 18 History Repeats Itself All The Time In Wall Street: Capitalizing On Experience, Monetizing Lessons Learned In The Market

Chapter 19 The Obsolete And The Eternal: The Old Manipulators And The Human Factors (Daniel Drew, Jacob Little, Jay Gould, Commodore Vanderbilt)

Chapter 20 On The Object Of Manipulation And The Role Of A Stock Operator

Chapter 21 Unhonoured, Unsung, and Untipped: Marking Up The Price of Imperial Steel 30 Points, A Beautiful Piece Of Manipulation

Chapter 22 Don't Argue With The Tape: Consolidated Stove and The Syndicate

Chapter 23 Stories We Tell To Sell: The Public Always Wants To Be Told, And The Public Always Pays

Chapter 24 No Asphalt Boulevard

ADDENDUMS

Addendums

Trader Slang Book

Quotes Book

Timelines

Gilded Age Guide

Cast of Characters

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Uncle Kenny Polcari, your real-life host's AI voice. Last of the NYSE Floor Traders. Main Street's man on Wall Street. Host of Trader Talk show on Yahoo Finance. @KennyPolcari on X, Substack

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