Trader profile articles
Long-form trader profiles — career arcs, championship runs, and the people behind the names in the Hall of Fame.
Chuck Hughes — the most-titled WCTC champion in contest history
Chuck Hughes has won the Robbins World Cup Trading Championship ten times across multiple divisions and decades. The most titles by any single trader in WCTC history.
Mark Minervini — USIC 1997 champion and SEPA methodology
Mark Minervini won the 1997 U.S. Investing Championship Stocks Division with 155% return. Career, SEPA methodology, books, and what the record actually shows.
Michelle Williams — youngest WCTC champion at age 16
Michelle Williams won the 1997 Robbins World Cup Trading Championship at age 16 with 1,001% return. Larry Williams' daughter, later known as an actress. The record.
Peter Brandt — career, famous calls, and trading philosophy
Peter Brandt is one of the last publicly-visible classical chart pattern traders. His 50-year commodity trading career, famous Bitcoin calls, and public trading philosophy.
Andrea Unger, 4x World Cup Trading Champion (2008-2012)
Andrea Unger won the World Cup Trading Championship 4 times — 2008 (672% return), 2009 (115%), 2010 and 2012. The only 4-time WCTC futures champion in 42 years.
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 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 - U.S. Investing Champion story
Schwartz spent nearly a decade as a securities analyst losing money before pivoting to trading. Six years later he won the 1984 U.S.