Bill Eckhardt left the University of Chicago and quite pursuing his almost finished PhD in mathematical logic in 1973. He focused his educational pursuits into research in creating profitable trading systems. Eckhardt teamed up with his high school friend Richard Dennis as traders and became partners in C&D Commodities They created technical trading systems and …
No matter where you are in your trading or investing journey it is good to stay inspired and focused on your long-term goals and prize. Psychology can be 80% of winning in the markets as quitting is so easy and perseverance can seem so difficult during losing streaks or drawdowns in capital. It is important …
The name Lao Tzu is translated as “Old Master.” He was thought to be a historical figure in ancient China and a philosopher and writer. He is believed to be the author of the Tao Te Ching, the founder of Taoism as a philosophy, and even a deity in some of the more fundamentalist Taoism …
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 …
Linda Bradford Raschke has been a full-time professional trader for more than 40 years. She was the principle trader for several funds and also the Commodity Pool Operator for her own hedge fund she opened in 2002. Her trading records were verified and she was included in Jack Schwager’s best selling book, The New Market …
Peter L. Brandt has been a full time professional commodity and foreign exchange trader for over thirty years. He has worked as a broker to large industrial clients, traded for his own account, and was one of the early pioneers in the commodity hedge fund arena. Along the way, Brandt published a highly regarded newsletter …
Bruce Kovner was one of the biggest traders in the world in the interbank currency and futures markets during his career according to author Jack Schwager. He is the founder and chairman of Caxton Associates, a global macro hedge fund. Kovner retired from the hedge fund in 2011 after managing it for over 30 years. In …
Larry Williams is a legendary trader and the author of approximately 11 books on trading stocks and commodities. He developed several technical market indicators like the Williams %R, Ultimate Oscillator, COT indices, accumulation/distribution indicators and others to measure cycle forecasts, market sentiment, and also for quantifying the values for commodity prices. He is most famous for winning …
Jim” Chanos is an investment manager as the president and founder of Kynikos Associates, a New York City registered investment advisor focused on short selling. Chanos is a famous short seller and one of the most impressive positions taken at Kynikos was the shorting of Enron before its collapse along with many other great short trades. …
Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a best selling author, philosopher, scholar, and statistician. He had a long career as a professional option trader and hedge fund manager. His expertise was as a risk analyst focusing his work on the problems of outliers and fat tail events of randomness. His books go into depth about the nature of probability …
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