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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 highest single-trader title count in the championship's 41-year history. His run started with a 1999 win and has continued through periodic championship placements across the 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s in…
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Chuck Hughes is among the most-decorated WCTC competitors by total title count, with eight or more recorded victories across multiple divisions of the World Cup Trading Championships, including the 2015 Futures Division at 309.10% return. A former US Air Force pilot and commercial airline captain, Hughes started trading in 1984 with $4,600 of saved pay.
His methodology centers on long-dated stock options as a leveraged trend-following vehicle, packaged into rules-based systems he sells through Hughes Optioneering. He is a frequent speaker at MoneyShow events and runs subscription advisory services that aim to make options-based trend-following accessible to the retail audience that finds raw futures trading intimidating.
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