Michael Covel's Influences and Mentors

From their offices, to dinners and lunches, to sidewalk cafes, to conferences, Covel became an expert by learning directly from the great trend following traders. He took that knowledge and synthesized what they taught him, finding common and uncommon threads and distilling all of those lessons and best practices into a useful education to give regular people the chance at making big money.

Covel's influences and mentors:

Salem Abraham (Abraham Trading)
Salem Abraham is in Michael Covel's books Trend Following, The Complete TurtleTrader & Documentary Film.
Note: Time spent in Canadian (TX), Key Biscayne (FL) & Paris (France).

Christian Baha (Superfund)
Christian Baha is in Michael Covel's book Trend Following.
Note: Time spent in NY (NY), Chicago (IL), Vienna (Austria) & Monaco.

Peter Borish
Peter Borish is in Michael Covel's book Trend Following & Documentary Film.
Note: Time spent in London (UK), NY (NY), Chicago (IL) and Paris (France).

Kevin Bruce
Kevin Bruce is in Michael Covel's book The Little Book of Trading & Documentary Film.
Note: Time spent in Richmond (VA).

Michael Clarke (Clarke Capital)
Michael Clarke is in Michael Covel's book The Little Book of Trading.
Note: Time spent in Hinsdale (IL).

Toby Crabel (Crabel Capital)
Note: Time spent in U.S. Virgin Islands.

Gary Davis (Sunrise Capital)
Gary Davis (Sunrise Capital) is in Michael Covel's books The Little Book of Trading & Trend Commandments.
Note: Time spent in Del Mar (CA).

Bernard Drury (Drury Capital)
Bernard Drury is in Michael Covel's book The Little Book of Trading.
Note: Time spent in NY (NY).

Bill Dunn (Dunn Capital)
Bill Dunn is in Michael Covel's books Trend Following & Trend Commandments.
Note: Time spent in Stuart (FL).

Charles Faulkner
Charles Faulkner is in Michael Covel's books Trend Following & The Little Book of Trading.
Note: Time spent in Baltimore (MD) Chicago (IL) & U.S. Virgin Islands.

William Fung (London Business School)
Note: Time spent in London (UK).

David Harding (Winton Capital)
David Harding is in Michael Covel's books Trend Following, The Little Book of Trading & Documentary Film.
Note: Time spent in London (UK) & Chicago (IL).

John W. Henry
John W. Henry (owner Boston Red Sox) is in Michael Covel's book Trend Following.
Note: Time spent in NY (NY).

Larry Hite (ISAM)
Larry Hite is in Michael Covel's books Trend Following, The Little Book of Trading & Documentary Film.
Note: Time spent in NY (NY) & Chicago (IL).

Jonathan Hoenig
Note: Time spent in Washington (DC).

Harry Markowitz (Nobel Prize Winner)
Harry Markowitz is in Michael Covel's Documentary Film.
Note: Time spent in San Diego (CA).

James L. Massey
James L. Massey is in Michael Covel's book The Complete TurtleTrader.
Note: Time spent in Greenwich (CT).

Michael Mauboussin (Legg Mason)
Michael Mauboussin is in Michael Covel's book Trend Following & Documentary Film.
Note: Time spent in Baltimore, MD.

Bill Miller (Legg Mason)
Bill Miller is in Michael Covel's book Trend Following & Documentary Film.
Note: Time spent in Baltimore (MD).

Mark Mobius
Mark Mobius is in Michael Covel's Documentary Film.
Note: Time spent in Macau (China).

Paul Mulvaney (Mulvaney Capital)
Paul Mulvaney is in Michael Covel's book The Little Book of Trading.
Note: Time spent in London (UK).

Jerry Parker (Chesapeake Capital)
Jerry Parker is in Michael Covel's books Trend Following & The Complete TurtleTrader.
Note: Time spent in Richmond (VA).

Boone Pickens (BP Capital)
Boone Pickens is in Michael Covel's book The Complete TurtleTrader.
Note: Time spent in Dallas (TX).

Jim Rogers
Jim Rogers is in Michael Covel's Documentary Film.
Note: Time spent in Singapore.

Jim Rohrbach
Jim Rohrbach is in Michael Covel's Documentary Film.
Note: Time spent in Washington (DC).

Ed Seykota
Ed Seykota is in Michael Covel's books Trend Following & The Little Book of Trading.
Note: Time spent in U.S. Virgin Islands & Chicago (IL).

Vernon Smith (Nobel Prize Winner)
Vernon Smith is in Michael Covel's Documentary Film.
Note: Time spent in Arlington (VA).

Jon Sundt (Altegris)
Jon Sundt is in Michael Covel's book Trend Following.
Note: Time spent in La Jolla (CA).

Robert I. Webb (University of Virginia)
Robert I. Webb is in Michael Covel's book The Complete TurtleTrader.
Note: Time spent in Charlottesville (VA).

Thomas C. Willis
Thomas C. Willis is in Michael Covel's book The Complete TurtleTrader.
Note: Time spent in Chicago (IL).

Michael Covel's journeys have also included time with (in person, phone or email) the following trading pros:

• Richard Baker (Managed Funds Association; meeting in Washington, DC)
• David Beach (Beach Capital Management Ltd.)
• Randy Bolen (Trader)
• Eric Bolling (Trader; meeting in NY, NY)
• Bill Bonner (Agora Financial; meeting in Vancouver, Canada)
• Tom Busby (DTI; meeting in Mobile, AL)
• Michael Carr (Original Turtle)
• Michael Cavallo (Original Turtle)
• Eric Crittenden (Longboard; meeting in San Diego, CA)
• Richard Dennis (Father of the Turtles; meeting in Chicago, IL)
• Jim DiMaria (Original Turtle)
• David Druz (Tactical Investment Management)
• Edward Dunne (Willowbridge Associates, Inc.)
• Marc Faber (Marc Faber Limited; meeting in Hong Kong)
• Mark B. Fisher (MBF Clearing Corp.; meeting in NY, NY)
• Jeff Gordon (Original Turtle)
• John Hill (Futures Truth; meeting in Hendersonville, NC)
• David Kass (CFTC; meeting in Dallas, TX)
• Erle Keefer (Original Turtle; meeting in Middleburg, VA & Tysons Corner, VA)
• Alejandro Knoepffler (Cipher Investment Management; meeting in Miami, FL)
• Leo Melamed (CME; meeting in Berlin, Germany)
• Robert Moss (RAM Management Group LTD.)
• John O'Donnell (Online Trading Academy; meeting in Irvine, CA)
• Barry Ritholtz (Trader; meeting in NY, NY & Vancouver, Canada)
• Cullen Roche (Pragmatic Capitalism; meeting in San Diego, CA)
• Leon Rose (MarHedge; meeting in Columbia, MD)
• Bradley Rotter (Speculator)
• Mark S. Rzepczynski (Trader; meeting in Boca Raton, FL)
• Richard L. Sandor (CCX; meeting in Chicago, IL)
• Jack Schwager (Market Wizards; meeting in Chicago, IL)
• Tom Shanks (Original Turtle; meeting in Chicago, IL)
• Michael Shannon (Original Turtle, deceased)
• Mike Shell (Shell Capital)
• Steve Sjuggerud (DailyWealth; meeting in Jekyll Island, GA)
• Grant Smith (Millburn Ridgefield; meeting in NY, NY)
• Bob Spear (Mechanica Software; meeting in Annapolis, MD)
• Addison Wiggin (Agora Financial; meeting in San Diego, CA & Vancouver, Canada)
• Cole Wilcox (Longboard; meeting in San Diego, CA)
• Sol Waksman (BarclayHedge, Ltd.; meeting in Chicago, IL)
• Lucy Wyatt (Original Turtle; meeting in Reston, VA)

Additional names not listed due to off the record conversations.

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