Book

How I Made $2,000,000 in the Stock Market

Nicolas Darvas

A 1960s account of trend following by a dancer reading cables on tour. Treat it as a document about discipline and survivorship rather than a method to copy.

• Investing
• Psychology and behaviour
• Decision-making

1 idea from this book

• Decision principleInvesting

  One person's record is a story about survivorship until proven otherwise

  Ask how many people ran the same method and are not in the sample before treating a record as evidence of skill.

  Reading any success memoir, evaluating a manager's record, or presenting your own.