On October 29, 1929, Jesse Livermore held over one million shares short and made nearly $100 million in a single week — roughly $3 billion today.

He had predicted the crash months earlier, secretly placing positions through more than 100 brokers so no one would know. But this wasn't his first fortune, and it wouldn't be his last loss — by 1914 he had already gone bankrupt owing brokers over $1 million, and his creditors voluntarily cancelled his debts just to keep him trading.

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