The top 10 traders by Trader Daily
The top 10 traders with highest estimated income by Trader Daily. This is also mentioned in today's WSJ. Interestingly, the top trader, John Arnold, got to the top by taking opposite position as Brian Hunter, the trade who is responsible for the collapse of hedge fund Amaranth. Hunter himself was on the same top trader list last year...
| Name | City | Firm | Age | Est. Income |
| John Arnold | Houston | Centaurus Energy | 33 | $1.5-2B |
| James Simons | East Setaucket, New York | Renaissance Technologies Corp. | 68 | $1.5-$2B |
| Eddie Lampert | Greenwich, Connecticut | ESL Investments | 44 | $1-1.5B |
| T. Boone Pickens | Dallas | BP Capital | 78 | $1B-1.5 |
| Stevie Cohen | Stamford, Connecticut | SAC Capital Advisors | 50 | $1B |
| Stephen Feinberg | New York | Cerberus Capital | 47 | $800-900M |
| Paul Tudor Jones | Greenwich, Connecticut | Tudor Investment Corp. | 53 | $700-800M |
| Bruce Kovner | New York | Caxton Associates | 62 | $700-800M |
| Israel Englander | New York | Millennium Management | 58 | $600-700M |
| David Shaw | New York | D.E. Shaw & Co. | 55 | $600-700M |
