Number of positions in the 80's

Discussion in 'Trading' started by jordi742, Sep 9, 2015.

  1. jordi742

    jordi742

    Hi, I've read in this website a few posts about kovner and PTJ .

    I was wondering, how many positions were they running in the 80's? According to the famous video that circulates on the Internet,jones talks about S&P, bonds,gold, crude oil, eurodollar...so five or six positions at the same time.

    I supose they didn't manage 40 different positions because it would be a
    completely mess.

    Any thoughts?
     
  2. Big funds and traders typically have more than 10 positions. However, most of those positions are small, so they tend to concentrate on the 1-2 main positions.
     
  3. jordi742

    jordi742

    Thanks for your reply.So when ptj and bruce kovner were interviewed in market wizards book, they were mainly managing one position?
     
  4. > the famous video that circulates on the Internet

    If you're curious, drop by and have coffee with Peter. He's downtown on Water St. now. Super nice guy.