Trader profile articles
Long-form trader profiles — career arcs, championship runs, and the people behind the names in the Hall of Fame.
Andrea Unger — the only four-time World Cup Trading Champion
A mechanical engineer from Milan, Mensa member, four wins of the World Cup Trading Championships across 2008-2012 — the canonical case for systematic, engineer-built trading.
David Ryan — three U.S. Investing Championship wins in a row
1985, 1986, 1987 — David Ryan won the U.S. Investing Championship three consecutive years, compounding to a 1,379% return across the trio.
Larry Williams — the trading career that set the World Cup record
From a $10,000 account at the start of 1987 to a $1.13 million net gain by year-end, Larry Williams set the all-time World Cup Trading Championship record.
Linda Raschke — four decades trading the canon
From options pit at Pacific Coast and Philadelphia exchanges in the 1980s to CTA registration in 1992, founding LBRGroup.
Marty "Pit Bull" Schwartz — from failed analyst to U.S. Investing Champion
Schwartz spent nearly a decade as a securities analyst losing money before pivoting to trading. Six years later he won the 1984 U.S.