Trading/Investing Hall of Fame...

John Merriweather- No because of LTCM blowup and not really in same league as others IMO.

Victor Neiderhoffer- No, enough said.

Richard Dennis- good but not worthy of the creme de la creme.

Al-Waleed is debatable. True he doesn't have the same pressures and he started with a big headstart. However, his timing has been excellent and his ability to stay with and add to investments is remarkable. I'll downgrade him to honorable mention.

Paul Rotter- Are you joking?
 
1.Victor Niederhoffer----

He is the only top ranked, world-wide money manager/trader who rose from the ashes of almost total destruction to be ranked once again at the top by the various fund ranking services.

His lessons in perserverance, loyalty,and ability should be key factors in every traders mind. VN is the last true hero of this game.


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That is the exact nature of aggressive naked option selling and mean-reversion trading. He does both in spades and very aggressively. Correct 99/100. The 1 time you lose, total devestation. Certainly not a Hall of Famer. Nice enough guy though and honest at least...
 
Quote from NTB:

Jesse Livermore- does anyone even know the 'real' story? Reminiscences was a fictional account.
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So I take, you don't. He shorted both the 1907 and 1929 crashes, just for that alone he should be in the Hall of Fame...
 
Honestly don't know enough real facts reabout Livermore's career. Knowing that he shorted the '07 and '29 crashes is not enough to make him a Hall of Famer. I believe he died broke which would itself disqualify him.
 
Livermore was a horrible trader. I don't know why everyone loves him so much. If he posted on this board, he would have gotten blasted for his poor money management skills. Making money in the markets is not that tough; keeping it is.
 
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