So far, Sister Linda is in the lead... from New Market Wizards, here are her stated stats: 70% of trades are profitable Avg win = $450 per contract Avg loss = $200 per contract i.e. she has 2:1 reward:risk with a 70% hit rate... Nice going, Linda
Larry Williams, Lawrence McMillan, In 1973 I was a commodity broker having discretion over a goodsize account of one of Williams' neighbors. My work showed that soybeans should drop and we did put on a short position. I guess this guy was relaying our trades to Larry because I got a call from him and he said that while I may be correct on beans dropping a bit he thought they would explode soon. That is exactly what happened.
My favorite is probably Linda Raschke. I have seen her trade live via her chat room, she certainly has the uncanny ability to pick SP turning points. This list you posted is interesting, I believe most of these gurus probably make just as much money from selling their services as they do from trading. I suspect most of them make 300k-400k a year from trading. At least thats what someone said about Don Miller, a comfortable living but not in the big leagues. A far cry from Bruce Kovner making $500 million last year !
searching the net really quickly found these on Harris.... http://www.thestreet.com/markets/marketfeatures/771116.html http://chnm.gmu.edu/tools/surveys/details/53/457 probably more out there though. He was one of the original members of Elitetrader who had some of the best posts.
Velez? What are you kidding me? This man has not traded in years. I sat down with this man for five days in a row, and learned very quickly that I wasted my money with him, and he DOES NOT TRADE. He's a great speaker....thats about it. GURU?? You must be smoking crack. He's a self procliamed guru. If you believe this man trades, than either he's bullshitted you or you have a fantasy to fulfill. Don't let this man bullshit you!!!
...just my black sense of humor. Gotcha! Are you absolutely sure he doesn't trade profitably? Like the day before the picks are announced? Besides, I needed somebody to bump Mark O. Douglas off the list. He is God to me, but like an all wise deity, he never says a word about systems. Does he trade? Betcha Pesavento asks HIM for advice!