Linda Bradford Raschke

Linda Bradford Raschke
Born
Linda Sue Bradford

1959 (age 66–67)
Pasadena, California, United States
Alma materOccidental College
OccupationsCommodities and Futures Trader
SpouseDamon Pavlatos
ChildrenErika Raschke
Websitehttp://lindaraschke.net/

Linda Bradford Raschke (/'ræʃki/) is an American financier, operating mostly as a commodities and futures trader.

She started as a member of the Pacific Coast Stock Exchange, traded on the Philadelphia Exchange, and then became a registered CTA (Commodity Trading Advisor) and founded LBR Asset Management. She retired in 2015 and currently maintains her own private trading operation.[1][2][3][4]

Career

Raschke began her professional trading career in 1981 as a market maker in equity options as a member of two exchanges.[5] She began her trading career on the Pacific Coast Stock Exchange and later moved to the Philadelphia Stock Exchange.[6] She became a registered CTA (Commodity Trading Advisor) in 1992. Since then, she has been the principal trader for several funds and started her own hedge fund in 2002 for which she was the CPO (Commodity Pool Operator).[7]

Raschke has been a full-time professional trader for over 40 years, and was featured in Jack Schwager's book, The New Market Wizards, as well as in CNBC financial reporter Sue Herera's book, Women of the Street: Making It On Wall Street -- The World's Toughest Business.[8]

In 1995, Raschke co-authored the best selling book, Street Smarts—High Probability Short Term Trading Strategies, with Laurence A. Connors.[9] She has served on the board of directors for the Market Technicians Association and was president of the American Association of Professional Technical Analysts.[10]

After she retired from the professional managed money industry, she wrote and published Trading Sardines: Lessons in the Market From a Lifelong Trader.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Linda Bradford Raschke – 50 Time Tested Classic Stock Trading Rules". www.tischendorf.com. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Linda Raschke's 12 Technical Trading Rules – New Trader U -". New Trader U. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Market Leader : News :: "Panteon-Finance" Presents a New Contest "Miss Investor 2015"". www.profi-forex.us. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  4. ^ "LBR's Raschke Says Trading Options Provides More Bang for the Buck". Traders Magazine Online News. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  5. ^ Sincere, Michael (2025-11-22). "This stock trader was called a 'market wizard' — now she reveals how her magic works". MarketWatch. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
  6. ^ "Interview - Classic Swing Trading With Linda Bradford Raschke". traders.com. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
  7. ^ Mango, Tim Bourquin, Nicholas. Traders at Work: How the World's Most Successful Traders Make Their Living in the Markets. ISBN 978-1-4302-4443-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "Women Of Market Wizardry: How Linda Raschke Leveled The Prop Trading Playing Field". Yahoo Finance. Archived from the original on 2024-03-14. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
  9. ^ Connors, Laurence A.; Raschke, Linda Bradford (1995). Street Smarts: High Probability Short-term Trading Strategies. M. Gordon Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-9650461-0-7.
  10. ^ "IFTA 2026 Conference Speakers". www.ifta.org. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
  11. ^ Raschke, Linda (2018). Trading sardines: lessons in the markets from a lifelong trader. Florida: Daughters Press. ISBN 978-1-5323-9562-8.

Further reading

  • Schwager, Jack D. (1992). The New Market Wizards. 11 pages: Wiley; New Ed edition. ISBN 0-471-13236-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  • Herera, Sue (1998). Women of the Street: Making It on Wall Street. Whole Chapter: Wiley. ISBN 0-471-24840-1.
  • Bensignor, Rick (2000). New Thinking in Technical Analysis: Trading Models from the Masters.
  • Collins, Art (2002). When Supertraders Meet Kryptonite.
  • Lo, Andrew and Hasanhodzic, Jasmina (2009). The Heretics of Finance: Conversations with Leading Practitioners of Technical Analysis.
  • Bourquin, Tim (2013). Traders at Work: How the World's Most Successful Traders Make their Living in the Markets.
  • William, Jason (2013). The Mental Edge in Trading: Adapt Your Personality Traits and Control Your Emotions to Make Smarter Investments.
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