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In 1982, his book "How to Prosper in the Coming Good Years" was published. It forecast the largest bull market and surge of economic growth the United States has ever seen. The book was written at a time when the majority of pundits were calling for slowdown in economic growth and stock market, which is exactly the opposite of what Williams forecast.
In 1987 Williams won the World Cup Championship of Futures Trading, sponsored by Robbins Trading Company, trading $10,000 in real money to $1,147,000 in 12 months – a feat no one else has come close to matching. It was a wild year, as Williams ran his winnings to more than $2,000,000 by the end of September, dropped down to $750,000 after the October ‘87 crash, and traded back to the $1,147,000 mark by the end of the year.
While some claimed that Williams maintained two accounts during the competition – one for winning trades and one for losing trades --- his contest account was closely scrutinized by the CFTC and NFA and this allegation was found to not be true.
Williams was the first to author books on seasonality in commodities and was the first to write on the Commitment of Trader Reports, of which he is generally considered the leading expert.
In 1997, at age 16, his daughter, Michelle Williams, used what Williams taught and won the same competition with exactly 1000% returns on her US$10,000 investment. As of 2006, Larry Williams' 100-fold gain is the highest in that competition.
The World Cup Championship event is regulated by both the National Futures Association (on whose board Williams has served) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
In 1998, he received Futures magazine's First Doctor of Futures Award. The following year, he received Omega Research's Lifetime Achievement Award.
He is credited with having developed different indicators including:
Larry Williams and Robert Cornuke once embarked on a journey to confirm the Bible as historically accurate and detailed their findings in the books The Mountain of Moses: The Discovery of Mount Sinai (1990), In Search of the Mountain of God: The Discovery of the Real Mt. Sinai and a DVD called Mountain of Fire where they document what they claim to be the real Mount Sinai.
Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Williams_(trader)





NEW YORK, Sept 27 (Reuters) - The dollar fell to an all-time low against a basket of major currencies on Thursday on concerns over the impact of the slowdown in the U.S. housing sector on the broader economy.
Traders said the market was awaiting new home sales numbers due at 10:00 a.m. (1400 GMT) amid speculation of a steeper-than-forecast fall.
"The dollar was getting hit earlier on the expectations for the new home sales data. I think it's pretty clear that's the problem going forward," said Tim O'Sullivan, trading manager, Forex.com in Bedminster, New Jersey.
The euro
The dollar index (.DXY: Quote, Profile, Research), a gauge of the greenback's value against a basket of six major currencies, dropped to a lifetime trough of 78.159. The index was last trading 0.3 percent lower at 78.268.
The market was little moved by data showing that the economy grew slightly slower than expected in the second quarter, while the number of workers applying for unemployment benefits fell unexpectedly last week. (Additional reporting by Kevin Plumberg)
Source : http://www.reuters.com
