Thomas Aspray
Analyst who created the MACD histogram (1986) to reduce signal lag.
Read the profile →J. Welles Wilder Jr.
1935–2021 · Created the RSI, ATR, ADX & Parabolic SAR in one 1978 book.
Read the profile →John Bollinger
b. 1950 · Creator of Bollinger Bands; first to hold both the CFA and CMT.
Read the profile →Gerald Appel
1933–2020 · Creator of the MACD; founder of Signalert Asset Management.
Read the profile →George Soros
b. 1930 · The man who broke the Bank of England — macro & the theory of reflexivity.
Read the profile →Jim Simons
1938–2024 · The mathematician behind Renaissance — the greatest quant fund ever.
Read the profile →Peter Lynch
b. 1944 · Magellan's legend — 'invest in what you know,' then do the homework.
Read the profile →Bruce Kovner
b. 1945 · Cab-driver-turned-macro-legend — survival through risk management and restraint.
Read the profile →Marty Schwartz
b. 1945 · Lost for a decade, then became a champion — discipline over brilliance.
Read the profile →Van Tharp
1946–2022 · The coach of expectancy, R-multiples, and position sizing.
Read the profile →Ed Seykota
b. 1946 · First computerized trend-follower — ride winners, cut losers, mind the trader.
Read the profile →Mark Douglas
1948–2015 · Trading-psychology pioneer — think in probabilities, not predictions.
Read the profile →Paul Tudor Jones
b. 1954 · Macro legend — capital preservation and asymmetric bets; called the '87 crash.
Read the profile →Linda Raschke
b. 1959 · The disciplined short-term pro — patterns, tape reading, relentless consistency.
Read the profile →Stan Weinstein
Contemporary · Stage analysis — buy stage 2, avoid stage 4, using the 30-week MA.
Read the profile →The Turtles
1983 · Dennis & Eckhardt's experiment — proof that disciplined trading can be taught.
Read the profile →Peter Steidlmayer
Contemporary · Creator of the Market Profile & auction market theory at the CBOT.
Read the profile →James Dalton
Contemporary · Made the Market Profile teachable — Mind Over Markets & Markets in Profile.
Read the profile →Edward Thorp
b. 1932 · Beat blackjack, then the market — edge, the Kelly criterion, and the first quant fund.
Read the profile →Howard Marks
b. 1946 · Oaktree's memo-writer — second-level thinking, risk, and reading the cycle.
Read the profile →Ray Dalio
b. 1949 · Founder of Bridgewater — diversification, radical transparency, and Principles.
Read the profile →Alexander Elder
b. 1950 · The psychiatrist-trader — Mind, Method & Money in Trading for a Living.
Read the profile →John Murphy
1942–2026 · Father of intermarket analysis; the standard reference on charting.
Read the profile →Steve Nison
b. 1951 · Brought Japanese candlestick charting to the Western world.
Read the profile →Jim Rogers
b. 1942 · Quantum co-founder; contrarian commodities — buy what's cheap and hated.
Read the profile →Michael Marcus
The first Market Wizard — $30k to $80M; Seykota's student, Kovner's mentor.
Read the profile →Stanley Druckenmiller
b. 1953 · Ran Soros's Quantum; ~30%/yr for 30 years with no down year.
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