Unknown Market Wizards

Most interviews are with very active traders.

The most interesting in my view is Chris DiCamillo, who focuses on "conversational volume" to determine trades. He invented (and has since sold) TickerTags to detect change early — e.g. to get positioned early on trending products/services and ride the financial growth that results.

In his view information disseminates across the following timeline:

1. Social communication (e.g. Twitter)
2. Non-financial press
3. Financial press
4. Company earnings statements

Focusing on conversational volume enables him to enter at (1) or (2) and exit at (3) or (4) once the change has been priced in.

Possible data sources:

• TickerTags (subscription, and requires understanding how to use tag and meta-tag system with conviction)
• Google Trends
• Sentieo? Other sentiment scores?