Richard Dennis

Richard Dennis is an American commodities trader and the co-founder of the investment firm C&D Commodities. He is best known for his role in the development of the Turtle Trading strategy, a system he taught to a group of novices in the 1980s. The experiment demonstrated that with proper education and rules, ordinary individuals could become successful traders. Dennis's work helped popularize trend following as a trading strategy and highlighted the importance of discipline and systematic approaches in trading. His success and teachings have had lasting impacts on trading strategies in financial markets.