Jack D. Schwager

Jack D. Schwager is a recognized industry expert on futures and hedge funds, and the author of the iconic Market Wizards series in which he interviewed many of the trading legends of our time. His most recent work in the series is MarketWizards: The Next Generation. Previous books in the series include: Market Wizards, The New Market Wizards, Stock Market Wizards, Hedge Fund Market Wizards, The Little Book of Market Wizards, and Unknown Market Wizards. His other books include the revised edition of A Complete Guide to the Futures Markets, Market Sense and Nonsense, Getting Started in Technical Analysis, and the three-volume Schwager on Futures series.

Schwager is a Co-founder and Chief Research Officer of FundSeeder, a firm that seeks to find undiscovered trading talent worldwide via its trader platform. His prior experience also includes 10 years as a partner in a hedge fund advisory firm and 22 years as Director of Futures research for some of Wall Street's leading firms, most recently Prudential Securities.


Schwager is a frequent seminar speaker and has lectured on a range of analytical topics including the characteristics of great traders, investment fallacies, hedge fund portfolios, managed accounts, technical analysis, and trading system evaluation. He holds a BA in Economics from Brooklyn College and an MA in Economics from Brown University.