It didn't take Livermore long to reach $1million. But $100 million took him decades. $2000 to $1million, with a bit of luck is possible to do relatively quickly. even $20,000 to $10million, harder but possible in less than 10 years with leveraged trading But 200K to $100 million, you limited in the type of strategies you can do and how much leverage you have access to, so going to take decades unless you get really lucky with good market trends.
He was 63, not 23, living the life of a billionaire since his early 20s. Let me ask you 2 things: 1. Are you older than 63 or you gonna make it? 2. Are you a billionaire?
The swings in his PnL and bankruptcies gave him Depression. And 'fucking the best looking girls in town' gave him STDs. And his son and grand son (both of them named Jesse Livermore as well) both also committed suicide and his great grandkid was a modern day porn star (Brandi Love).