Trend Following Peformance Inspiration
Bill Dunn is one of the great trend followers. He has been successfully trading as a trend follower since 1974. His track record:
No one can promise that you will become Bill Dunn-like or produce his returns. Our firm is not an agent for Dunn, but his performance is a historical marker on file with the U.S. government that every investor should understand. It is proof that trend following works and if you want to be a trend follower, there is proven education.
Trend Following Performance: Huge Returns for Decades
No one can promise you these exact trend following returns, but you will be put on the right track toward the chance for big numbers with our trend following trading systems education:
Dunn Capital:
Abraham Trading:
Altis Partners:
Tactical:
Saxon Investment Corporation (original TurtleTrader):
Mulvaney Capital:
Chadwick Investments:
Hawksbill Capital Management (original TurtleTrader):
Trend Following Fortunes
Who are some of the great trend following traders over the last 30 years? How much have they made? Consider:
- Bruce Kovner: Kovner is a trend following trader featured in Jack Schwager's 'Market Wizards.' He was trained by trend follower Michael Marcus. Marcus was trained by Ed Seykota. More on Seykota can be found in 'Trend Following.' Kovner is worth over $3.5 billion (source).
- John W. Henry: Henry is a trend following trader featured in 'Trend Following.' He is worth $840 million (source). He used his trend following gains to buy the Boston Red Sox for $700 million.
- Bill Dunn: Dunn is a trend following trader featured in 'Trend Following.' Dunn made $80 million in 2008 when the rest of the world was blowing up.
- Michael Marcus: Marcus is a trend following trader featured in Jack Schwager's 'Market Wizards.' He turned an initial $30,000 into $80 million (source).
- David Harding: Harding is a trend following trader featured in 'Trend Following.' He is worth over $670 million (see above).
- Ed Seykota: Seykota is a trend following trader featured in 'Trend Following.' He turned $5,000 into $15 million over 12 years in his model account (an actual client account).
- Kenneth Tropin: Trend following trader Tropin made $120 million in 2008 as buy and hold collapsed. Earlier in his career he led John W. Henry's firm.
Will everyone make such huge amounts? No, but those trend followers all started as one-man shops and that is inspirational. Worst case? A small fraction of those huge fortunes would satisfy most people. You can read about our clients' success here.
Trend Following Winning Market Charts
Trade All Markets
Trend following methods can be used on stocks, ETFs, LEAPs, futures, currencies and all commodities. A small sample of markets that can be traded:
Disclaimers
Our firm can not promise you will earn like returns of traders, charts or examples (real or hypothetical) mentioned. All past performance is not necessarily an indication of future results. Data presented is for educational purposes. This information is not designed to be used as an invitation for investment with any adviser profiled. All data on this site is direct from the CFTC, SEC, Yahoo Finance, Google and disclosure documents by managers mentioned herein. We assume all data to be accurate, but assume no responsibility for errors, omissions or clerical errors made by sources.
HYPOTHETICAL OR SIMULATED PERFORMANCE RESULTS HAVE CERTAIN LIMITATIONS. UNLIKE AN ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RECORD, SIMULATED RESULTS DO NOT REPRESENT ACTUAL TRADING. ALSO, SINCE THE TRADES HAVE NOT BEEN EXECUTED, THE RESULTS MAY HAVE UNDER-OR-OVER COMPENSATED FOR THE IMPACT, IF ANY, OF CERTAIN MARKET FACTORS, SUCH AS LACK OF LIQUIDITY. SIMULATED TRADING PROGRAMS IN GENERAL ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE DESIGNED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY ACCOUNT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFIT OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THOSE SHOWN.
