United States Investing Championship Nine-Month Results

The United States Investing Championship just announced its nine-month standings for 2024. There are four hundred forty-nine competitors, each of whom selects a real money account to be tracked before the competition begins. Prior top performers include Paul Tudor Jones, Mark Minervini, David Ryan, Mark Strome, and Dr. Edward O. Thorp.

In the $1,000,000+ stock division, leading with a nine-month gain of 143.1% is Aryan Khandelwal of TwoXCapital. Mr. Khandelwal is a Division 1 squash player at Dartmouth College. He co-manages TwoXCapital with his brother Tanmay, who won this division in 2023 with a gain of 129%. Second, + 58.3%, is Deepak Uppal, from Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Uppal has an MBA from the University of Illinois. Third is Anthony Shi + 51.9%, from Hong Kong. He is a co-founder of Altus Capital. Other traders reporting significant profits are Vibha Jha + 37.9%, James R. Wombles, Jr. + 37.1%, Ravi Gullapalli (Fastra Investments LP) + 31.5%, John Ward (Mystic Valley Investments) + 26.3%, George Tkaczuk, + 20.2%, and William T. Lappas (Axios Fund, LLP) + 10.2%.

In the $1,000,000+ enhanced growth division, which allows the trading of futures and options, the leader after nine months is Brandi Archer + 47.1%, a full-time trader from Chicago. Ms. Archer previously worked in real estate and has a law degree from Chicago-Kent. Second is Matthew Pryzby + 34.3%, from Long Beach, California. Mr. Pryzby grew up in Long Island, New York. He runs Trading Experts, an educational service for traders. Third, + 33%, is Magnus Sigurdsson from Great Neck, New York. Mr. Sigurdsson was born and raised in Iceland. He has a graduate degree from MIT and has worked for twelve years in fintech and asset management. Fourth is SK Chong of Kamet Capital + 25.8%.

Among participants trading less than $1,000,000 in stocks, the leader after nine months is Leos Mikulka + 500.5%, from Prague, Czech Republic. Mr. Mikulka played professional football for the Czech Republic national team. He currently works in the IT industry. Second, + 243.8%, is Christian Flanders, from Puerto Rico. Mr Flanders played poker professionally for ten years and is a fencing champion. Third is Menelaos Fthenakis + 222.5%. Others achieving gains of more than 100% in six months are Angel Pandev + 183.4%, Adam R. Graham, P.E. + 154.8%, and CH Kelvin + 111.3%.

Among participants trading less than $1,000,000 in the enhanced growth division, the leader after nine months + 409.1% is Andrew O’Connell, CFA, FRM, who manages Pristine Capital. Mr. O’Connell, who is from New York, previously worked for Vanguard as a senior analyst in fixed income. Second, + 280.6% is Dave Gagne, from Ottawa, Canada. Mr. Gagne, a fitness enthusiast, previously worked for TD Investing before starting his own trading business. Third, + 258.4%, is Chris Boyd. Also achieving gains in excess of 100% are Florian Philippi + 216%, Anindo Majumdar + 170.4%, Miroslav Gnjatovic + 145.6%, and Brandon Frenchak + 142%.

Since its inception in 1983, the United States Investing Championship has attracted legendary traders, including Paul Tudor Jones, Mark Minervini, David Ryan, Sean Ryan, Louis Bacon, Dr. Edward O. Thorp, Mark Strome, Doug Kass, Sheen Kassouf, Marty Schwartz, Frankie Joe, Tom Basso, Cedd Moses, Gil Blake, Robert Prechter, Jr., and Bruno Combier.

The standings appear on financial-competitions.com along with articles about top performers from Business Insider, Institutional Investor, Barron's, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and other financial publications.

Entries for the 2025 competition are currently being accepted at financial-competitions.com. A new website, moneymanagerratings.com, has been launched solely for accounts over $1,000,000.

The contest coordinator, Dr. Norman Zadeh (aka Zada), is also president of the Lotfi Zadeh Foundation, a charity created to build thousands of ultra-low-cost ($5,000/unit) residences in sparsely populated areas and fully take care of the homeless. (Visit lotfi-zadeh.com for more information.) Dr. Zadeh taught Operations Research in a visiting capacity at Stanford, UCLA, UC Irvine, and Columbia Universities between 1975 and 1983. He managed hedge funds from 1991 to 2012. His father, Lotfi Zadeh, created fuzzy logic. Norm is the author of four books: Fox News: The Enemy Within (released in 2021), The Rise and Fall of Perfect 10 (released in 2021), Hold 'em Poker Super Strategy (released in 2020), and Winning Poker Systems (Prentice Hall, 1974). Dr. Zadeh owns a small record label called Zada Records (see zadarecords.com). He is also a songwriter. His songs include Dreaming of You, It's Christmas, Someday, I Just Need a Chance, For You, and Lifetime in Love.

For more information, contact Dr. Norman Zadeh at normanz@earthlink.net or call 310-409-7193.

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