Who has influenced you the most? Is it someone you have read about? Someone you have talked to? A poster on this board both old or new? I will start with Acrary and a family friend trader called John McCarthy.
In Alphabetical Order: Acrary, Anekdoten, Cutten, Dustin, Gnome, Lescor, Maestro, and nokomisjeff. PA
Not a poster on here (as far as I know), but John Arnold of Centaurus. The man!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Arnold You know you've made it, (beyond the cash reward), when you have your own wiki page!
Trader: Bill Lipschutz First heard about him in Market Wizards, then I actually got to meet him....really great guy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Lipschutz Poster (and also a trader): Cabletrader
not sure they'd want me giving their names, but I have learned a great deal from a few buddies of mine on the floor of the CBOT and CME, in the ag pits. As far as ET goes, Rtrader2505 and youngtrader are close friends of mine, and nokomisjeff and bone are good posters as well.
Anek (price action), AMT4SWA (attitude), Lescor (balance), Brooks (price action) Amazing how few are on the list. The negative list would be several times longer.