what happened to Nickolas Darvas

died of cancer in 1977 (i think). I believe in Paris. His book "How I Made $2 Million....." is THE best book on successful trading I have ever read. I am sure O'neal copied his methods.
 
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that was jessee livermore. of "reminiscenses of a stock operator". strange the book we all admire so much, is about a guy who ultimately died miserable and broke. you gatta love this game.
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It's was not his trading he lost money on, it's was his other investment in yachts, houses, real estate, etc that bankrupted him.

If I call correct he suffered from chronically depression, and it's not uncommon for these to commit suicide. So he did not commit suicide because of failure in trading or life.
 
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It's was not his trading he lost money on, it's was his other investment in yachts, houses, real estate, etc that bankrupted him.

If I call correct he suffered from chronically depression, and it's not uncommon for these to commit suicide. So he did not commit suicide because of failure in trading or life.
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and even bankrupted he left 1 million to his wife or something like that.

i'd love to be bankrupted with 1 million today, what about 1 million 70 years ago
 
I heard that he "Danced his way to financial freedom". The rest of his money he made selling books and trading methods. Maybe he even got lucky in a bull market or 2.
 
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It's was not his trading he lost money on, it's was his other investment in yachts, houses, real estate, etc that bankrupted him.

If I call correct he suffered from chronically depression, and it's not uncommon for these to commit suicide. So he did not commit suicide because of failure in trading or life.
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It was his last wife that did him in: she was extreemly jealous and had Jesse ring her very half hour or hour (or was she ringing him, I forgot) to make sure he was not with someone else. As a result he could not concentrate on trading. That is what you get when you get a girl from a "dance hall" (read between the lines here: in those days it was a polite word for something else).

First thing she did when she heard about him commiting suicide was remove all her jewelry and other valuables from the house. There are some suspicions it was worth several million since Jesse would use that at times to restart his trading. (when he was married before and had big losses)

Xena
 
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Guys, maybe somebody knows what happened to Nickolas Darvas after he earned his 2 millions and wrote 2 books. Did he have success in trading afterwards ?
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What happened to Zeke?
He's dead on Jones man
How about Dave?
OD'd an alcoholic
Well what's Rock doing?
Oh,he's livin' with his mother
What about James?
He's going straight

The first time i read about the Darvas box
I was fascinated
They just looked like a rehash of somethin else
I was most impressed
Now i'm not much impressed
not at all

Dum Dum Boys- Iggy Pop
 
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