A popular indicator created by John Bollinger that allows users to compare volatility and relative price levels over a period of time. It consists of three bands designed to cover the majority of a security’s price action. Prices are considered to be overextended or overbought at the upper band which is thus considered a resistance
Firm: Tudor Investment Corp.City: Greenwich, Connecticut2008 Age: 532008 Assets Under Management: $18 Billion Memphis born hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in economics in 1976. Tudor Jones went on to work for Eli Tullis, a successful cotton speculator at the New York Cotton Exchange. In 1980
A volatility measurement indicator introduced by J. Welles Wilder in his book: New Concepts in Technical Trading Systems. Wilder originally developed the ATR for commodities but the indicator is also be used for stocks and indices. The ATR measures a commodity or security’s volatility. High ATR values reflects high volatility while low ATR readings indicate
A market momentum indicator that subtracts the declining issues from the advancing issues on the New York Stock Exchange. This information is used to determine the strength of the market on a daily basis. It is usually smoothed to make it an overbought and oversold indictor. Strong up days show readings of more than +1,000
Firm: Citadel Investment GroupCity: Chicago2008 Age: 402008 Assets Under Management: $20 Billion Self made billionaire Ken Griffin is the managing director and CEO of Citadel Investment Group, one of the largest hedge funds in the world. Griffin was born in Daytona Beach, Florida and lived in Texas and Wisconsin as a child. He returned to