Looking for a list of 8 - 10 of the top trader blow ups -- non-fradulent

[dcwriter2]

I know of Victor Niederhoffer (twice); Amaranth Capital, James Cordier and Options Sellers.com, and, of course, LTC with John Meriwether. Any others of relatively recent renown (not looking for Jesse Livermores), excluding crooks like Nick Leeson. Thanks in advance.

 

[ZBZB]

I know of Victor Niederhoffer (twice); Amaranth Capital, James Cordier and Options Sellers.com, and, of course, LTC with John Meriwether. Any others of relatively recent renown (not looking for Jesse Livermores), excluding crooks like Nick Leeson. Thanks in advance.

Try www.thebubblebubble.com for leads., click on the hamburger menu for the complete list.

 

[guru]

Huge volatility fund losses in Feb 2018 volmageddon:
https://www.google.com/search?q=XIV+investor+lost&tbm=nws
https://www.google.com/search?q=volmageddon

 

[guru]

More specific example from volmageddon, LJM Partners:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...l-mageddon-losses-in-u-s-stocks-idUSKCN1GC29H

 

[bone]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_trading_losses

One of my mentors (David Ellis, a monster S&P futures trader) was sued by George Soros (suit was tossed).

 

[VEGASDESERT]

I lost 100% of my account. It doesn't get any worse.

Does that count?

 

[2rosy]

knight capital. and there are many smaller versions that never make the news

 

[Same Lazy Element]

Huge volatility fund losses in Feb 2018 volmageddon:
https://www.google.com/search?q=XIV+investor+lost&tbm=nws
https://www.google.com/search?q=volmageddon

lol, that was a preview of what 2020 will be like:

https://www.institutionalinvestor.c...-Lose-a-Billion-Dollars-Without-Really-Trying

My favorite quote is “Someone YOLO’d a pension fund.”

 

[Tradex]

I lost 100% of my account. It doesn't get any worse

It can get worse : you lose 1,000% of your account for example, meaning you now owe 9 times your margin money to your broker.

 

[Tradex]

Buffet and Soros lose billions from time to time too, but somehow these losses do not get that much publicity.

For instance this year alone Buffet lost 50 billions:
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/02/war...loss-of-nearly-50-billion-on-coronavirus.html
(That's a lot of cheeseburgers if you ask me.)