Richard Demille Wyckoff Richard Demille Wyckoff (1873–1934) was a pioneer in the technical approach to studying the stock market in the early 20th century. He is regarded as one of the "greats" in technical analysis, alongside Dow, Gann, Elliott, and Merrill. At the age of 15, he began working as a stock runner for a brokerage firm in New York, and by his early 20s, he had become the head of his own firm.
Wyckoff was also the founder, writer, and editor of *The Magazine of Wall Street* for nearly two decades, during which the publication had over 200,000 subscribers at its peak. A dedicated student of the market, Wyckoff was an avid tape reader and trader. He closely observed the activities and campaigns of legendary market operators of his time, including JP Morgan and Jesse Livermore.
Through his observations and interviews with these prominent traders, Wyckoff developed the "Wyckoff Method," which codified the best practices of these traders into laws, principles, and techniques for trading, money management, and mental discipline.
