Market Wizards & US Investing Champions
Traders who appear in Jack Schwager's Market Wizards book series, and real-money competitors in the US Investing Championship.
Jack Schwager's Market Wizards book series began in 1989, with each volume collecting long interviews of traders chosen for their records. The series includes Market Wizards (1989), The New Market Wizards (1992), Stock Market Wizards (2001), and Market Wizards: The Next Generation (2026).
The United States Investing Championship was founded in 1983 and restarted in 2019. Traders compete with their own brokerage accounts, and results are ranked by return, with separate divisions by account size and by whether futures and options are allowed.
Both places include traders covered on Finwistic. The lists below gather all of them, with the book and year or the competition result next to each name.
Mark Minervini and David Ryan appear in both groups.
Market Wizards
Appearing in Jack Schwager's book seriesThe styles range from global macro to chart-based swing trading, but the same concerns recur — risk management, position sizing, preparation — which is what holds the series together.
US Investing Championship
Real-money competitionEvery competitor trades a real account over the same year, so the results are measured the same way — a public record of real-money performance.
Tito Adhikary
2025 winner, Enhanced Growth — +2,115.1%
Martin Luk
2025 winner, Stock Division — +969.8%
J Law
2024 and 2025 winner, $1M Division — +353.9% / +252.3%
Clement Ang
Two-time competitor, $1M Division — +522% combined
Goverdhan Gajjala
2023 winner, Stock Division — +805.1%
Mark Minervini
1997 and 2021 winner — +155% / +334.8%
Oliver Kell
2020 winner, under-$1M Division — +941.1%
David Ryan
1985–87 winner — +1,379% over three years
A listing here marks an outside selection or a published result; it is not financial advice.