With a staggering loss, Ed Seykota, a legendary stock trader profiled in Jack Schwager‘s classic “Market Wizards” series, entered the market fray the way most neophytes do: haphazardly. “In the late 1960s, I decided that silver had to rise when the US Treasury stopped selling it,” he told Schwager. “Much to my amazement and financial detriment, the price started falling!” He added: “Soon my stop got hit.” But the initial shock and awe that arrived hand in hand with Seykota’s loss didn’t go unavenged. His less-than-stellar first go-round kickstarted a quest to carve out a systematic process he could entrust. “About ... (full story)