Enjoys an extensive background of distinction, now as the 2024 Charles H. Dow Award winner, working for fund managers, sovereign wealth funds, and family offices world-wide since the early 1980s.

He was Larry Williams’ programmer and trader during Williams’ 1987 legendary championship run when he traded $10,000to over $1.1 millionin a 12-month competition.

Other highlights include:

Serving on the Board of Directors of the Market Technicians Association of New York.

Writing numerous books and professional papers on financial mathematics and statistics.

Even seeing his work featured in a chapter of the Edwards & Magee classic, “Technical Analysis of Stock Trends,” regarded as the bible of technical analysis.

Working asone of the early pioneersof 3D CAD systemsand natural language processing systems.

Playing an integral part in the creation of the original Reinberger Hall of Earth and Planetary Exploration at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

In addition, Vince has worked as a portfolio manager at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, and is regarded as a recognized authority on position sizing in trading. His allocation algorithms have been licensed by Dow Jones indices. Plus, Vincehas presented his ideas in colloquiums at esteemed institutions likeMIT and The London Chamber of Commerce, and delivered papers at the World Finance Conference and others.

His books and peer-reviewed academic papers on mathematics—often co-authored with the top minds in the mathematics field—appear in such publications as “Mathematics”and“The Journal of Investment Strategies.”

Another remarkable statistic:

Ralph Vince’s research is acclaimedamong the top 1/2 of 1% of the most-read of all academic writings across all disciplines.

Among his most notable, heterodox academic contributions includes:

The notion that “expectation,” the probability-weighted mean outcome, accepted as “expectation” since the 18th century, is asymptotic to the “actual” expectation of median-sorted outcomes.

… among other novel ideas.

In recent years, he has not only continued his academic writings, but has also authored fiction in his home in Southern France (La Théologie de la Luxure) as well as textbooks for refugees and new arrivals to France to learn the language.