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Top 40 Hedge Funders under 40

Top 40 Hedge Funders under 40

City AM published their list of the top 40 people who work in the hedge fund industry under 40. You can read the whole thing by downloading the City AM article here: http://www.cityam.com/issue/2011-05-16 A lot of these guys are in their early 30s and doing so well... I'm in the same age group and I guess it makes me feel kinda inadequate! Anyway, for your reading, check the link or here's the cutting from the newspaper.

May 16, 2011 No Comments Full Story

Not a trading inspiration – myself

Not a trading inspiration - myself

I haven't heard anything from my trading academy despite me leaving numerous messages with them to call me. I have a deadline of the end of this month to bring my account to the black. Anyway, I started my trading with a loss, -5 when I shorted at 140225 with a stop at 140400. As the market moved down, I moved my stop down to the previous swing high (bad mistake) and I got stopped out for -5. If I hadn't been stopped out, I would have been ok. Anyway, I entered again when the market went t

April 28, 2008 No Comments Full Story

Trading inspiration – Greg Coffey of GLG

Trading inspiration - Greg Coffey of GLG

Every Sunday, I get a copy of the Sunday Times. The first section I read through is the business section and today, there was an article about supertrader, Greg Coffey of GLG.   The big news is that Greg, who earned £150 million last year from his company has quit and looking to start his own firm. Surely, that sort of cash is enough for any man? Anyway, I don't think it was about how much cash he got but the proportion he got. He brought in 60% of his firms revenues yet his bosses t

April 27, 2008 2 Comments Full Story