Michael Covel has had the opportunity to personally spend time with every one of these top trading minds. From their offices, to dinners and lunches, to sidewalk cafes, to conferences, Covel has circumnavigated the globe to learn directly from some of the most successful traders alive. He has been behind the “curtain” so to speak. The synthesis of these traders combined wisdom is core to the education passed onto our clients.
Salem Abraham
Abraham Trading
Note: Meetings with Abraham in Canadian (TX), Key Biscayne (FL) & Paris (France).
Christian Baha
Superfund
Note: Meetings with Baha in NY (NY), Chicago (IL), Vienna (Austria) & Monaco.
Peter Borish
Note: Meetings with Borish in London (UK), NY (NY) and Paris (France).
Kevin Bruce
Note: Meeting with Bruce in Richmond (VA).
Michael Clarke
Clarke Capital
Note: Meeting with Clarke in Hinsdale (IL).
Toby Crabel
Crabel Capital
Note: Meeting with Crabel in U.S. Virginia Islands.
Bernard Drury
Drury Capital
Note: Meeting with Drury in NY (NY).
Bill Dunn
Dunn Capital
Note: Meetings with Dunn in Stuart (FL).
Charles Faulkner
Note: Meetings with Faulkner in Baltimore (MD) & U.S. Virginia Islands.
William Fung
London Business School
Note: Meeting with Fung in London (UK).
David Harding
Winton Capital
Note: Meetings with Harding in London (UK).
John Henry
Note: Meeting with Henry in NY (NY).
Larry Hite
Hite Capital
Note: Meetings with Hite in NY (NY).
Jonathan Hoenig
Note: Meeting with Hoenig in Washington (DC).
Harry Markowitz
Nobel Prize Winner
Note: Meeting with Markowitz in San Diego (CA).
James L. Massey
Note: Meetings with Massey in Greenwich (CT).
Michael Mauboussin
Legg Mason
Note: Meetings with Mauboussin in Baltimore, MD.
John Mauldin
Note: Meeting with Mauldin in La Jolla, CA.
Bill Miller
Legg Mason
Note: Meetings with Miller in Baltimore (MD).
Mark Mobius
Note: Meeting with Mobius in Macau (China).
Paul Mulvaney
Mulvaney Capital
Note: Meeting with Mulvaney in London (UK).
Jerry Parker
Chesapeake Capital
Note: Meetings with Parker in Richmond (VA).
Boone Pickens
BP Capital
Note: Meeting with Pickens in Dallas (TX).
Jim Rogers
Note: Meeting with Rogers in Singapore.
Jim Rohrbach
Note: Meeting with Rohrbach in Washington (DC).
Ed Seykota
Note: Meetings with Seykota in U.S. Virginia Islands.
Vernon Smith
Nobel Prize Winner
Note: Meeting with Smith in Arlington (VA).
Jon Sundt
Altegris
Note: Meetings with Sundt in La Jolla (CA).
Robert I. Webb
University of Virginia
Note: Meetings with Webb in Charlottesville (VA).
Thomas C. Willis
Note: Meeting with Willis in Chicago (IL).
While various locations for in-person meetings are above, this page doesn’t even begin to include the innumerable phone conversations and emails. Covel’s journeys have also seen him spend time with (in person, phone or email) the following trading pros:
- Richard Baker (Managed Funds Association)
- David Beach (Beach Capital Management Ltd.)
- Randy Bolen (trader)
- Eric Bolling (trader)
- Tom Busby (DTI)
- Michael Carr (Original Turtle)
- Michael Cavallo (Original Turtle)
- Richard Dennis (trader)
- Jim DiMaria (Original Turtle)
- David Druz (Tactical Investment Management)
- Edward Dunne (Willowbridge Associates, Inc.)
- Marc Faber (Marc Faber Limited)
- Mark B. Fisher (MBF Clearing Corp.)
- Jeff Gordon (Original Turtle)
- John Hill (Futures Truth)
- David Kass (CFTC)
- Erle Keefer (Original Turtle)
- Alejandro Knoepffler (Cipher Investment Management)
- Leo Melamed (CME)
- Robert Moss (RAM Management Group LTD.)
- John O’Donnell (Online Trading Academy)
- Barry Ritholtz (trader)
- Leon Rose (MarHedge)
- Bradley Rotter (speculator)
- Mark S. Rzepczynski (trader)
- Richard L. Sandor (CCX)
- Jack Schwager (Market Wizards)
- Tom Shanks (Original Turtle)
- Michael Shannon (Original Turtle, deceased)
- Grant Smith (Millburn Ridgefield)
- Bob Spear (Mechanica Software)
- Lucy Wyatt (Original Turtle)
- Sol Waksman (BarclayHedge, Ltd.)
For the vast majority of people on this page audio and or video recordings exist. Additional names will never be listed due to off the record conversations.
