Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, Chapter 10 summary

What happens

1. After becoming a millionaire in October 1907, the narrator buys a yacht, but trading keeps him from his planned cruise.
2. He explains that traders should identify price boundaries and wait for a clear move beyond them before acting.
3. He loses about two hundred thousand dollars trying to push cotton upward, then misses the rise he expects.
4. He buys wheat after it passes a sum of money and follows its advance, illustrating the value of waiting for confirmation.
5. He describes testing positions with small purchases and adding only when prices move profitably.
6. An old trader recounts Roberts’ repeated failures to limit losses, and the narrator explains how hope and fear undermine discipline.

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