- Robert Krausz
Robert Krausz (1936 –
October 3 ,2002 ) was a commodities and futures trader.As a child born in
Budapest, Hungary , Robert Krausz spent most of his childhood living in one of nineghetto s formed by the Nazis duringWorld War II , established to confineJews into tightly packed areas of the cities ofEastern Europe . He survived World War II by escaping from a group being led to a concentration camp. After the war, he ended up in aSouth Africa n orphanage, where he was adopted by a local industrialist impressed with his intelligence.In 1956 he joined the Israeli armed forces as a
paratrooper . After the end of the war with Egypt Robert moved toLondon, England to pursue his passion for dress designing.In 1988 he gave up his clothing business in London and moved to the U.S. to start a new career as a full time technically-oriented trader. He became a certified hypnotist and an advisor for the
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development . Robert used Gann and fibonacci methods in his trading and coaching of new traders, encouraging them to use his "fibonacci trader" three timeframe method computer program.Robert Krausz suffered a massive heart attack while addressing a group of traders in
St. Augustine, Florida , and later died in a local hospital.Bibliography
Books
cite book
last = Krausz
first = Robert
authorlink = Robert Krausz
title = W. D. Gann Treasure Discovered
publisher = Marketplace Books; 2nd Bk&Vid edition
date = 2005
url = http://www.amazon.com/dp/1592802273/
id = ISBN 1-59280-227-3Magazines
References
cite news
last = Bien
first = Melanie
title = Taking stock of the stars
pages = 24
publisher =The European
date = October 3, 1996
url = http://www.freewebs.com/robertkrausznewsarticles/krausznews3.htm
accessdate = 2006-09-08cite news
last = MacRae
first = Desmond
title = A wizard departs
work = In Memoriam
pages = 12
publisher =MarHedge
date = November 2002
url = http://www.freewebs.com/robertkrausznewsarticles/krausznews1.htm
accessdate = 2006-09-08External links
cite web
title = Robert Krausz official site
date = 2006
url = http://www.fibonaccitrader.net
accessdate = 2006-09-08Further reading
cite book
last = Schwager
first = Jack D.
authorlink = Jack D. Schwager
title = The New Market Wizards
publisher = Wiley; New Ed edition
date = 1995
location = 11 pages
id = ISBN 0-471-13236-5
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