Interesting guys! I think I should suggest for anyone new in the markets to look up Wyckoff and some of those other names mentioned and learn more about what they pioneered, how they thought, and why they did what they did.
Founding Fathers maybe, but some of these people have propagated stuff of questionable value. Gann? please!!! he was an astrologer, in my book...
gann was an original in the field of TA-- a father of price/time/market cycle/charting. this is not an endorsement, merely stating facts. surf
bill miller..yea where is he? He underperformed in 2006 killing his 15 year streak when the s&p went up 11%. How is it even possible to underperform the S&P 500?
Livermore for tape-reading. Cutten for trading major bull/bear markets on tape/fundamentals. Keane for stock-pool manipulation. Jay Gould for rigging entire markets