Steve Cohen is arguably the most profitable hedge fund trader ever. His SAC Capital returned 30% annually for more than 20 years since its inception in 1992 making Cohen a billionaire. What many people don’t know is that Cohen started his career as a day trader. [1] How good is he? Showtime’s Billions is inspired by …
Legendary trader Paul Tudor Jones is one of the best money managers of his generation for both consistent returns and minimal drawdowns. He had no losing years in his primary fund over multiple decades, which is unheard of in the industry. PTJ more than doubled his assets under management during the Black Monday Crash of 1987 …
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The best traders of all time should be measured by average annual returns, duration of years for those returns, and the amount of capital under management. Below is a chart of the best traders of all time based on these factors. Image Source Here is more information about the top five traders on this list …
Martin S. (Buzzy) Schwartz trader who made a fortune successfully trading the financial markets. He has been both a futures day trader and also an options trader and was successful with both and also other markets. He became famous after he won the U.S. Investing Championship in 1984 and was also featured in Jack Schwager’s …
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Seth Klarman is a billionaire hedge fund manager, and author. His primary method in the markets is value investing like Benjamin Graham. His focus is on finding unpopular assets that are undervalued and he buys them looking for a price rise back to true value over time. He is the portfolio manager of the Baupost …
Mark Minervini is a legendary stock trader featured in Jack Schwager’s book “Stock Market Wizards: Interviews with America’s Top Stock Traders“. In the book Schwager wrote: “Minervini’s performance has been nothing short of astounding. Most traders and money managers would be delighted to have Minervini’s worst year–a 128% gain–as their best.” Starting with only a …
Ray Dalio founded the Hedge Fund Bridgewater Associates in 1975. He grew it into one of the world’s largest hedge fund by 2005. As of 2020 it has over $235.6 billion in total assets under management. Ray Dalio is the 109th richest person in the world according to Forbes with a net worth of approximately …
Many people aspire to be traders when they see the potential for making large sums of money. Money attracts interest in any field whether it is practicing law, medicine, or entrepreneurship. However there is a huge distance between wanting to be something and doing the work to achieve a professional goal. It is generally accepted …
This list of top 35 trading books of all time is based on a quantitative composite ranking of Amazon book reviews, all time sales, and author popularity. This is a guide for traders to dig deeper on Amazon and see which books fit their own trading time frame, risk tolerance, return goals, and systems for …
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Jim Simons is one of the most successful hedge fund managers in history. He is a trained mathematician and quantitative trader and the founder of Renaissance Technologies. His hedge fund specializes in diversified system trading using individual quantitative models derived from statistical analyses of historical price data. His primary models are on pattern recognition. Jim …
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