This list is said to represent traders who had the best, most consistent performances over many years. I searched ET and did not find it mentioned in an earlier thread. Source link is shown below the table. Am particularly impressed by Seykota's strong performance for such a long time (30 years). From the site: https://kagels-trading.com/trading-performance/
Yeah all those track records are very impressive. However that list looks out of date, or more likely it is picking the best winning period for each trader, over a much larger career (Buffet being the exception with 54 years shown) Would be interesting to see the performance for those traders over just the last 15 years. And why is James Simons showing as 34%, i guess they are averaging over his crappy funds as well.
Assuming this list is accurate, I'm surprised by the significant difference in compound annual returns between the top 10 and the last 20 who don't manage to squeeze 20% per year over an avg of 20-25 years. I think it's quite humbling, beyond the bling bling success of YT cc's, to recognize the reality of the challenges to make a living as a trader. It can works with a 6+ figure trading pot, but anything less means this has to be a side gig for most. Again, these are the best performers in the industry...
Unfortunately theres something off with this Table: Charlie Munger - 12 years lol. William O'Neil 25 years. Pair of Newbs obviously lol Some of the bottom ones are just beating the Index. No mention of @Overnight
How about BNF (=nickname)? His the god of Japanese stock traders. He turned 16k USD to 200mil in 8 years, that is 225% annually (without compounding intra the year based on Euler compounding figure). Now after 20 years he has 2.2bn net worth. There are some youtubes out there about him too.
Here are some stats from trading competitions where you can have a closer look on traders profile and what are their stats. https://www.tradingcup.com/en https://competitions.thefundedtraderprogram.com/competition/6 https://www.forexcup.com/standings/ --> https://www.forexcup.com/statistics/?seyit-altuntas
Yes, if we divide up AUM into tiers: 1K to 10K 10K to 100K 100K to 1M 1M to 10M 10M to 100M 100M to 1B 1B to 10B 10B to 100B 100B to 1T At the first two or three of those tiers it is possible to pull off a 1000%+ return in a good year (if you know how to use leverage correctly)
Not to forget Dan Zanger. " Dan J. Zanger holds the world record for the highest percentage increase in a personal portfolio, 29,233 percent annual gain." https://forexezy.com/dan-zanger And a thing, it is not all about returns rather than making $$$ in absolute terms. Because when you already compounded to the end you can only make stellar absolute amounts of gains. Here are some of the largest traders/managers of its kind. The largest ones make several billions in earnings/payouts every year. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/22/-25...earned-record-setting-32-billion-in-2020.html https://www.institutionalinvestor.c...ng-of-the-Highest-Earning-Hedge-Fund-Managers 1 $4.1 Billion Kenneth Griffin Citadel The multistrategy maven tops the Rich List for the first time in six years after Citadel’s flagship Wellington fund posted its best results in 13 years, surging 38.1 percent. It was up nearly 117 percent over the past three years. Each of its five core strategies — fixed-income and macro, commodities, equities, quant, and credit — made money last year. But it wasn’t the only fund that did well: The firm’s Global Fixed Income fund jumped 32.6 percent; Tactical Trading gained 26.5 percent; and Citadel Equities, a market-neutral fund, rose 26.4 percent. In 2022, Griffin made $16 billion altogether for investors, according to LCH Investments, and at the end of the year, the firm returned about $7 billion to investors. Griffin is among a growing number of hedge fund managers to move to Florida in recent years, and he has pledged support for the state’s governor, Ron DeSantis, if he runs for president. As a sort of parting gift to his former hometown, Griffin donated more than $130 million to 40 Chicago organizations in June, including gifts of $30 million to the University of Chicago, $25 million to Northwestern Medicine, and $20 million to the Field Museum. 2 $3.2 Billion Israel (Izzy) Englander Millennium Management Griffin’s archrival takes the No. 2 spot for the second straight year after Englander’s funds gained 12.4 percent in 2022. The 53-year Wall Street veteran’s firm now manages $58.6 billion and boasts more than 290 investment teams across four primary strategies: relative-value fundamental equity, equity arbitrage, fixed-income, and quantitative. Late last year, the Financial Times reported that co–chief investment officer Bobby Jain had left the firm. In his place, Millennium created an “office of the chief investment officer,” which includes two new co-CIOs — Paul Russo, who had been serving as the firm’s global head of equities risk, and Justin Gmelich, formerly a partner and global head of markets at King Street Capital Management — as well as heads of risk management for the asset classes in which the firm trades. 3 $1.9 Billion Steven Cohen Point72 Asset Management New York Mets fans were ecstatic last fall when Cohen, the team’s owner, shelled out $800 million for nine free agents. This sum proved to be less than half of what he earned thanks to his multistrategy fund’s 10.25 percent gain. Altogether, Point72 made $2.4 billion in profits for investors, according to LCH. Point72’s largest strategy by both assets and head count is the discretionary long-short strategy. Others include Cubist Systematic Strategies, which engages in computerized trading in many liquid markets; a global macro business that makes discretionary investments; and a private investing business that invests in venture capital. 4 $1.2 Billion David Tepper Appaloosa Management Tepper’s Appaloosa posted roughly an 8.25 percent return last year — and the eclectic investor personally accounts for the bulk of the assets in his now West Palm Beach, Florida–based hedge fund. The Carolina Panthers owner has been bearish for some time, telling CNBC in late December that he was “leaning short” on stocks, believing they were still overvalued. At year-end, two stocks accounted for more than 28 percent of Appaloosa’s more than $1.3 billion U.S. stock portfolio: power and energy supplier Constellation Energy and Google parent Alphabet. 5 $1.1 Billion James Simons Renaissance Technologies Simons brought home his lowest earnings in a decade after RenTech’s three computer-driven funds that are available to outsiders — RIDA, RIEF, and RIDGE — all posted low- to mid-single-digit returns in 2022. But the former No. 1 earner remains the only hedge fund manager to qualify for the Rich List in every year since its debut. His flagship Medallion Fund, which has been closed to outsiders for 30 years, has compounded at about 37 percent per year net of its 5 percent management fee and 44 percent performance fee, making Simons the greatest hedge fund manager of all time. In 2021, the mathematician and onetime government code breaker stepped down as chairman of the board of the firm he founded in 1982. 6 (Tie) $1 Billion John Overdeck David Siegel Two Sigma Investments Quant giant Two Sigma enjoyed another strong year as its largest diversified funds posted gains of 8 to 10 percent. The firm, which manages $60 billion, employs more than 1,500 people, including more than 200 PhDs and 14 International Mathematical Olympiad medalists. Two Sigma blends data and technology in its quest to generate alpha, drawing on more than 10,000 data sources and potentially trading as many as 8,000 exchange-listed equities, among other assets. The firm, launched in 2001, has also made more than 75 venture investments. In 2019, Overdeck, a onetime math prodigy, and Siegel, an artificial intelligence expert, accepted lifetime achievement awards at Institutional Investor’s Hedge Fund Industry Awards.
John Arnold - the natural gas king - made billions trading NG from his own hedge fund (Centaurus). Funded after ENRON gave him a 8M bonus check in 2002 + some clients money. I believe he had about 50M as starting capital. Became the youngest U.S billionaire in 2007 (33yo). Retired in 2012 (38yo) to focus on philanthropy.