Table of Contents

Foreword v

Introduction vii

I. The Biggest Plunger Wall Street Ever Saw: June 10, 1922 1

II. The Boy Trader Beats the Bucket Shops: June 17, 1922 23

III. I Was Dead Right—I Lost Every Cent I Had: July 1, 1922 45

IV. The Quarter Million Dollar Hunch: July 15, 1922 67

V. My Day of Days: August 12, 1922 89

VI. No Man Living Can Beat the Stock Market: Sept. 2, 1922 111

VII. Playing Another Man's Game: Sept. 16, 1922 133

VIII. $1 Million in Debt; $1 Million Repaid: Oct. 7, 1922 153

IX. Black Cats and Irresistible Impulses: Oct. 21, 1922 171

X. The Coffee Corner and the Price Fixing Committee: Dec. 16, 1922 193

XI. Why the Public Always Loses: May 19, 1923 217

XII. Kings, Paupers, and the Hazards of the Game: May 26, 1923 235

Publisher’s Postscript 255

About the Author

EDWIN LEFÈVRE was trained as a mining engineer, but became a journalist at age nineteen. He produced eight books, including The Making of a Stockbroker, during his 53-year writing career. He is a celebrated finance author made famous by his publication of the fictionalized story of Jesse Livermore, which first appeared in The Saturday Evening Post in 1922.