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Larry R. Williams (born 1943) is a stock and commodities trader and technical analyst. He is a graduate of the University of Oregon, with a BS in journalism. A striking feature of his life has been its stunning diversity:  As a young man, Williams attracted considerable attention through trading stocks and futures. (See first Williams book below.) Never content, he branched out into politics, twice being the Republican nominee to the United States Senate, in his home state of Montana. Later, he became a best-selling author, and on the side pursued high adventure leading to new discoveries about ancient treasures – and more published books. (10 altogether). Other writers raised the Williams profile to new heights as they publicized startling events:  the emergence of his daughter, Michelle Williams, as an academy award-winning actress; her personal tragedy with Heath Ledger; the on-going legal battle between Williams and tax authorities. ..

Frontiers in Trading
In 1982, Williams’ book How to Prosper in the Coming Good Years was published. It forecast the largest bull market and surge of economic growth the United States has ever seen. The book was written at a time when the most pundits were calling for slowdown in economic growth and stock prices. They were wrong; Williams was right. The book was a best-seller.

Williams’ techniques combine fundamental measurements to find trading or investment opportunities; then he uses technical tools for entries. His thrust seems to have been:  demonstrate big profits in methodical, sustainable trading, and use books and seminars to teach the techniques. In 1987, Williams won the World Cup Championship of Futures Trading, sponsored by Robbins Trading Company, trading $10,000 in real money to $1,147,000 in 12 months – a feat no one else has come close to matching. Williams ran his winnings to more than $2,000,000 by the end of September, dropped down to $750,000 after the October '87 crash, and traded back to the $1,147,000 mark by the end of the year.

Williams was the first to author books on seasonality in commodities and was the first to write on the Commitments of Traders Reports, of which he is generally considered the leading expert. In 1997, at age 16, his daughter, actress Michelle Williams, won the same competition with exactly 1000 percent returns on her US$10,000 investment.[2] As of 2006, Larry Williams' 100-fold gain is the highest in that competition. [3] The World Cup Championship event is regulated by both the National Futures Association (on whose board Williams has served) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

In 1998, he received Futures magazine's First Doctor of Futures Award. The following year, he received Omega Research's Lifetime Achievement Award. He is credited with having developed various new indicators including: '''     •	Williams %R •	Ultimate Oscillator •	Futures Valuation Index •	Accumulation/Distribution Measures •	Lnl Timing Indicator •	Volatility Breakout Trading'''

Adventuring Beyond the Markets
In 1988 Larry Williams partnered with explorer Robert Cornuke, and the two young men embarked on a journey to confirm the Bible as historically accurate. Their quest suddenly called them into the forbidden territory of Saudi Arabia. Afterward, Williams wrote the suspense thriller The Mountain of Moses: The Discovery of Mount Sinai (1990). Prize-winning journalist Howard Blum went even further on this, and produced his best-seller, Gold of Exodus. A DVD followed – Mountain of Fire. Williams and Cornuke had documented the probable real location of Mt. Sinai.

Legal Hassles
In May 2006, Williams was arrested in Australia pending extradition to the United States for alleged evasion of a possible $1.5 million in unpaid taxes from book royalties and earnings related to international seminars he conducted between 1990 and 2001. In March 2007, Williams won an appeal in Federal Court in Sydney, blocking his extradition to the U.S. The court found that authorities did not have enough information to properly consider the case against Williams before authorizing the extradition request.[5][6]

Williams has firmly denied any involvement in tax avoidance schemes of any sort, stating, “I simply followed the advice of lawyers and CPA’s, believing their advice was sound and legal, It has never been by intention to break any law”.

On Nov. 11, Williams voluntarily agreed to return to the United States to face the charges.

Community Involvement
A familiar sight in Sydney, Australia, and now in the area of San Diego, CA: Williams running through the streets.

Williams has competed in 76 marathons. Running has given him an open road toward good health in his middle years, and toward helping people who are not doing as well. He was a Founding Partner in the Rock-and-Roll Marathons, which has raised more than $140 million for leukemia research with the Team-in-Training program.

He has also been a significant donor to the Muhammad Ali Parkinson’s Research Center, and Santa Fe Christian School.

Other Contributions: Royalties from Williams’ books have supported a Journalism scholarship at the University of Oregon for the last 20 years. Williams’ work on Initiative 86 made his home state of Montana the first to index tax brackets to protect against inflation that would otherwise have bumped people up into higher-paying tax brackets. Howard Jarvis helped with this effort.

Other References
[A]. ^ University of Oregon School of Journalism & Communication 2.	^ Larry Williams page at Global Investor 3.	^ World Cup Trading Standings page at Robbins Trading Company website 4.	^ Base Institute