Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
Part One Macro Men 1
Chapter 1 Colm O’Shea: Knowing When It’s Raining 3
Chapter 2 Ray Dalio: The Man Who Loves Mistakes 47
Chapter 3 Larry Benedict: Beyond Three Strikes 77
Chapter 4 Scott Ramsey: Low-Risk Futures Trader 103
Chapter 5 Jaffray Woodriff: The Third Way 129
Part Two Multistrategy Players 159
Chapter 6 Edward Thorp: The Innovator 161
Chapter 7 Jamie Mai: Seeking Asymmetry 223
Chapter 8 Michael Platt: The Art and Science of Risk Control 261
Part Three Equity Traders 285
Chapter 9 Steve Clark: Do More of What Works and Less of What Doesn’t 287
Chapter 10 Martin Taylor: The Tsar Has No Clothes 323
Chapter 11 Tom Claugus: A Change of Plans 359
Chapter 12 Joe Vidich: Harvesting Losses 385
Chapter 13 Kevin Daly: Who Is Warren Buffett? 405
Chapter 14 Jimmy Balodimas: Stepping in Front of Freight Trains 423
Chapter 15 Joel Greenblatt: The Magic Formula 451
Conclusion 40 Market Wizard Lessons 489
Epilogue 507
Appendix A The Gain to Pain Ratio 513
Appendix B Options—Understanding the Basics 515
About the Author 519
Index 521