Corp. Gang Overview George Soros & Stanley Druckenmiller The Commodities Corp. Gang Martin Schwartz: The Champion Trader Ed Seykota & the Trading Tribe Michael Marcus Bruce Kovner Paul Tudor Jones II George Soros Born: Aug. 12, 1930 in Hungary Manager of the Quantum Fund Open Society Institute Macro trader extraordinaire British Pound coup in 1992 “It is not whether you are right or wrong that's important, but how much money you make when you're right and how much you lose when you're wrong” Stanley Druckenmiller Former right hand man of George Soros 142 on the Forbes list “It takes courage to be a pig.” “Just keep hitting homeruns & preserving capital” The Alchemy of Finance By George Soros Macroeconomic analysis bible Market Wizards” Also, the “New Market Wizards” and “Stock Market Wizards” By Jack Schwager Interviews with Top Traders Commodities Corp. Founded in 1969 by Amos Hostetter “They are free to trade any way they want, and to come and go as they please.” “Any theory is good as long as it makes money” “Never bucked a trend in prices” "Never mind the cheese….let me out of the trap." And these are their stories….. Marty Schwartz: The Champion Trader $40, 000 to $20M with never more than 3% drawdown. “Not to go against the moving averages, it’s self-destructive” “Know the amount you are willing to lose” “Don’t break the rules” “The most important thing is money management, money management, money management.” “Let your gains run” Pit Bull Pit Bull: Lessons from Wall Street’s Champion Day Trader By Marty Schwartz With actual trading tips and lessons~!! Ed Seykota & the Trading Tribe 250 000% return in 16 years (‘70s ~ ‘80s) 79% annualized – 60% after fees (‘90s) “Everybody gets what they want out of the market” Trend follower Math & Psychology www.seykota.com The Trading Tribe www.seykota.com “To avoid whipsaw losses, stop trading” “It can be very expensive to try to convince the markets you are right.” The Toronto Tribe: Jason Russell jason@hedgehogcapital.com But now, to a book, then his best student…. Trend Following Trend Following: How Great Traders Make Millions in Up or Down Markets By Michael Covel Endorsed by Ed Seykota
How to become the owner of the Redsox~!!
Commodities Corp. Michael Marcus John Hopkins grad, at the top of his class. Student of Ed Seykota Formerly the largest futures trader in the US “Cutting down the number of trades you make” “The best trades are the ones in which you have all 3 things going for you” Fundamentals Technicals Market Tone Bruce Kovner 106 on the Forbes list Harvard Poli Sci. Prof. “Place my stop..that is too far or too difficult to reach easily” “If you personalize your losses, you can’t trade.
“The price for a market on any given day is the
correct price, then I try to figure out what changes are occurring that will alter that price.” John Murphy Former head of research at Merrill Lynch “Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets” “Intermarket Analysis” Bond to currency to commodities to stock. Paul Tudor Jones “Don’t be a hero. Don’t have an ego.” “Don’t EVER average losers” “Decrease your trading volume when you are trading poorly” “Always thinking about Left Comm. Corp. at 1980 losing money as opposed 5 straight years of 100%+ to making money.” Never had a down year . 30% annually What the Wizards Read… Reminiscence of a Stock Operator By Edwin Lefvre The story of Jesse Livermore Frank discussion of his investment methods Author followed Livermore around for 3 years So who is Livermore… Greatest investor in the early 20th century “The Great Bear of Wall Street” Netted $100 million at the day of the 1929 crash. Summary Don’t predict the future But do react quickly Cut your losses Only make the good trades Any Questions ~ ???
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