So i just took a look at a bunch of his trades. I'm calling BS on his trades and his returns. I don't understand why he lets some calls run to expiration and lose 100% when he could have exited with some premium left. For similar setups, he takes a tiny loss and some he takes a huge loss. Some premium he made on certain trades doesn't make sense in relation to his hold time and movement of the stock, even with an exploding IV.
It's obviously possible lol. Anyone who says it's not has to have the common sense of a ant. Everyone should know that anything can happen. Now Whether he grew profits out of skill or sheer luck is a whole other thread...
He was an analyst for Thomson Reuters. Not really a hedge fund trader... Unless there's something I don't know about Thomson Reuters' business...
Like I said, put 50% or 100% of equity in options and you can get those easily, assuming you're profitable for the period. I'm sure his drawdown was between 40-50%.
Anyone using "technical indicators" to take positions in options simply cannot be taken seriously- regardless of how much money he made. I mean, over time, his returns via the use of "indicators" will tend to revert to it's true worth- zero. I'm convinced this is quite fake- although I cannot seem to find anyone on the WWW complaining about his services... He seems to regularly post his trades too- I just don't have the time to test him. I better focus on my own trading!