2006 reprint of 1960 edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Hungarian by birth, Nicolas Darvas trained as an economist at the University of Budapest. Reluctant to remain in Hungary until either the Nazis or the Soviets took over, he fled at the age of 23 with a forged exit visa and fifty pounds sterling to stave off hunger in Istanbul, Turkey. During his off hours as a dancer, he read some 200 books on the market and the great speculators, spending as much as eight hours a day studying.Darvas invested his money into a couple of stocks that had been hitting their 52-week high. He was utterly surprised that the stocks continued to rise and subsequently sold them to make a large profit. His main source of stock selection was Barron's Magazine. At the age of 39, after accumulating his fortune, Darvas documented his techniques in the book, How I Made 2,000,000 in the Stock Market. The book describes his unique "Box System", which he used to buy and sell stocks. Darvas' book remains a classic stock market text to this day.
Author(s): Nicolas Darvas
Edition: 2006
Publisher: The Haddon Craftsmen, Inc
Year: 1960
Language: English
Pages: 127
Tags: Stock markets, trading, investing
The Gambler
Chapter 1. Canadian Period 8
The Fundamentalist
Chapter 2. Entering Wall Street 17
Chapter 3. My First Crisis 30
The Technician
Chapter 4. Developing the Box Theory 36
Chapter 5. Cables Round the World 45
The Techno-Fundamentalist
Chapter 6. During the Baby-Bear Market 56
Chapter 7. The Theory Starts to Work 63
Chapter 8. My First Half-Million 73
Chapter 9. My Second Crisis 80
Chapter 10. Two Million Dollars 87
Interview with Time Magazine 95
Appendix
Cables 99
Charts 108
Index of Stocks 124
