Recent content by winarto_t

so, OFFICIALLY, do we count VN's blow-up count as 2 or 3?? and where does this place him amongst the trading legends? (i.e. like livermoore). Because if i remember correctly, VN boasted in bloomberg's article that he considered himself the greatest speculators who ever lived.

In the light of VN's recent blow-up (as reported by John Cassidy of NewYorker), does anyone have any idea regarding his lifetime net $ p/l from his trading? is he even still in the green? Any speculations as to his future career? Anyone?

Does anyone know what's the VN's Matador Fund performance for the 2006 ? would be interested to know.

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concerning VN's 30% losses in May, is it possible that he was willing to take them based on his previous YTD gain? (i read somewhere that matador was up 30% prior to his May losses. I just hypothesized that VN would not have taken the losses unless he knew he had the YTD profit to cushion it...

in all honesty, i was an admirer of VN, considered him to be a genius...even thinking of naming my kid Victor lol :confused: .... I guess i still admire him but now my eyes are opened to the other side of the coin as well. I think i get the gist of what archimedes is saying and see some truth in...

i noticed that VN website is currently kindda stagnant. Interestingly, has anyone noticed that Taleb's website (his blog) www.fooledbyrandomness.com has been updated quite often recently. Speaking of counting, any negative correlation between the two, anyone?