Who was the most successful speculator in stocks and futures in the last century?

William D. Gann - one of the most famous investors of the 20th century.

William Gann's impressive achievements in the stock and futures markets are unparalleled to this day. The theory he created that perfectly combines time and price is still talked about by people in the investment community. Highly respected.

Gann was born on June 6, 1878 in Lufkin Texas, USA. His parents were Irish immigrants. In his investment career, the success rate was as high as 80% to 90%. He made huge wealth with small money. In his fifty-three years of investment career, he obtained 350 million U.S. dollars from the market. net profit.

In 1902, at the age of 24, Gann entered the market for the first time to trade cotton futures.

In 1906, Gann went to Oklahoma to work as a broker, not only doing business for himself but also managing clients.

In 1908, when Gann was 30 years old, he moved to New York and established his own brokerage business. On August 8 of the same year, he developed his most important market trend prediction method, called "Controlling the Time Factor". After many accurate predictions, Gann became famous.

The most eye-catching one was an on-site visit by Richard Wyckoff, editor of the American "The Ticketr and Investment Digest" magazine in October 1909. Under the supervision of magazine staff, Gann conducted 286 transactions in the 25 market trading days in October, resulting in 264 profits and 22 losses, with a profit rate of 92.3%.

The core of Gann's secret method is astrology.