Wrong; Schwager saw proof of option contest win.Lets face it, what would be a baseball equivalent to this?a guy hitting .500/.600 or something?My money is on he was lying, if his results were audited(I'm not sure they were) he had a company help him commit fraud
I just re-read market wizards, googled him and this topic came up. haha
He mentions he takes profits / losses tight. The key was that he picks trades, so his downsides/upsides losses is limited even though hes wrong.
I believe Mark's strategy got him a near-100%-win.
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One of my many favorites in Schwager's top trader books also;
including his verified 100k into $900k option trading contest with no pyramiding.
I am 99% [high- %, but not 100% ] sure I saw him at a lbrgroup.com
photo , they were eating a meal at the same table, try that.
Post back here with any more hi-% valuable pattern fragments of course![]()
%%Hello All,
I am bumping this thread. Despite his notoriety Mr. Weinstein continues to remain well clear of the limelight.
I am attaching a photo from the LBR website which Murray TT has alluded to above. Could this be the elusive Mr. Weinstein (my guess is probably not)?
Does anybody have details about the CBOE option contest that he participated in? I would guess this contest took place between 1983 - 1985 and subsequently Mr. Jack Schwager was able to verify that Mark Weinstein ran up an initial 100k stake into 900k (without pyramiding) with 100 per cent winning trades over a three month period
I would presume these details would be have been made public or semi-public.
Does anyone know if Mark is still trading or better yet how to get in contact with him?
Best Regards
Gerard
%% It was 100 % wins in the option trading contest win. Note he said ''near 100 % wins'' nowhere did the Jack Schager book claim it was that high over time. Thanksif he took small losses he would not have had 100% wins. i don't care what kind of set up he has.
on the other hand, if one uses small position size, no stops, and small profit target he can get 99% wins even with a crappy setup.
Do you seriously expect to get in touch with him?