Carrying a trading
position at ground level is tough enough. At 30,000
feet, it can be downright nerve-wracking.
No one knows that better than Chuck Hughes.
When he started trading
in 1984, Hughes was a full-time
 commercial
airline pilot. Monitoring his positions from the
cockpit was not an option. "It was frustrating
sometimes," he says. "I'd have to wait until the
evenings to get my price quotes."
Hughes' profession is actually what led him to
trading in the first place. His schedule of 15 to 17
days off each month created a void, and trading was
the perfect answer. Success came quickly as Hughes
finished 10th in the '85 United States Trading
Championship and 3rd in the '86 competition with a
whopping 260% return.
He has accumulated
titles in the systems trading division of the World
Cup Championship of Futures Trading® in '94 and '95,
the day trading division in '95, and the
professional division in '99. In the World Cup
Championship of Stock Trading™, he placed second in
2006, first in 2005 and third in 2003.
Hughes' Option
Strategy account employs strategies that vary
according to market conditions. Even during down
markets, Chuck emphasizes, there are always stocks
with positive trends that can be identified.
When he's not trading
or writing educational courses, Chuck finds time to
maintain a 4.0 league tennis rating and competes in
5K running events. But his mind is never far from
the challenge of trading. "I get some of my best
trading ideas while running," he says.
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