Best Trader of All-Time

Discussion in 'Trading' started by Bestmiler, Jun 6, 2009.

  1. lol the russian guy was the real deal. Ya sykes got all excited that he made 1k...lol and he says he runs a hedge fund? I'm sure anyone that was going to put serious money in his fund and saw this video is laughing now.
     
    #101     Jun 7, 2009
  2. bathrobe

    bathrobe

    I hate to talk of Sykes, but he did not short sell his well his way to 2m, he bought like all the other sheeple, also he did this when many were doing the same. Dan Zanger started with less and ended up with 20 times as much as Sykes

    3 million being actively managed is a brokerage account, not a hedge fund
     
    #102     Jun 7, 2009
  3. monty09

    monty09

    Monty = nickname from my college teammates

    09= my number in college


     
    #103     Jun 7, 2009
  4. hmmm, tough decision....
     
    #104     Jun 7, 2009
  5. Livermore & Gann; the best traders of all time?
    That's just like calling Amarillo Slim & Doyle Brunson the 'best' poker players of all time.

    A hundred years ago the patterns were MUCH simpler and the competition MUCH softer. These guys were great, sure- but they were playing a far easier game than the one that exists today.

    I'm sure the world's #1 top 17th century chess player got plenty of respect back then (before anyone really knew how to play), but put him against any modern day grandmaster, and the guy comes out looking like a scrub.
     
    #105     Jun 7, 2009
  6. Vista

    Vista

    I agree
     
    #106     Jun 7, 2009
  7. bathrobe

    bathrobe

    I will add my 2cents; well said.
     
    #107     Jun 7, 2009
  8. What do you expect? this is a public forum. Don't be too quick to criticize the wanna-be trader, you would have been in their shoes once upon a time.
     
    #108     Jun 7, 2009
  9. Johno

    Johno

    Out of curiosity," How do you know that he still isn't" with a name reflecting "F-cken b-llsh-t artist"

    Regards

    Johno
     
    #109     Jun 7, 2009
  10. stock_trd3r

    Cuz he truly knew how stocks werk.

    Werd.
     
    #110     Jun 7, 2009