Charlie D (Charles DiFrancesca) was a legendary trader in the Treasury Bond Pit at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). In addition to being one of the greatest traders of his generation, Charlie D was known as being larger than life and a true philanthropist. Tragically, Charlie D was afflicted with lymphoma and passed away
Charles Dow (1851-1902) was an American economist and publisher. With his partner Edward Jones (1856–1920), he founded Dow Jones & Company, a publisher of financial bulletins. In 1889 he founded The Wall Street Journal. Dow also developed several Market Indices, notably the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA). He also created the Dow theory, based on
Martin “Buzzy” Schwartz is a celebrated independent trader. Schwartz graduated from Amherst College in 1967 and served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves from 1968-73. In 1970 he received an MBA from Columbia University. After working for several years as a financial analyst at E. F. Hutton, Swartz left the firm and bought a seat
Formerly a product manager for a meat-packing firm, Lucien Thomas Baldwin III started trading with $20,000 in 1982. With the US experiencing high inflation in the early 1980s treasury bonds became popular with both hedgers and speculators resulting in high trading volume. T-Bond Futures became Baldwin ‘s favourite instrument to trade, and he emerged as
Leo Melamed fled Nazi occupied Poland as a child with his family during World War II. After two years and a journey spanning three continents the family arrived safely in the United States. While studying law at John Marshall, Melamed worked as a runner for Merrill Lynch on the floor of the CME. He received