William Delbert Gunn was born 6 June 1878 years at Lufkin, Texas. His father, Samuel Houston Gann, was a teacher, traded horses and cows. He also owned a small billiard club.. His mother, Susan Rebecca Gann (in the maidenhood of Trevation), devoted all her time to the upbringing of V.D.. Ganna and his younger siblings. She taught young William to read with the Bible - Books, which later greatly influenced his reflections on the nature of financial markets. His family was poor.. Samuel, Susan and their eight children lived in a small house., and young William, to get to school, walked seven miles every day for three years. Gunn never graduated from high school.
IN 1894 year, William Gunn, Age 16 years, Left education and started looking for work. He became a peddler. (sold newspapers, going ...) on the train, who traveled between Texarkana and Tyler in Texas. He also worked in a cotton warehouse.
IN 1901 year he worked in a brokerage firm in Texarkana and married his first wife Rena May Smith.
IN 1902 the first daughter was born - Nora. 1902 was also the first year, when Gunn made his first cotton trades.
IN 1903 year Gunn moves to New York. He already 25 years.
IN 1905 his second daughter, Macie Burnie, is born. 12 September 1905 in the local newspaper Gunn gives his perspective on cotton price movements. IN 1906 Gunn works as a broker in Oklahoma.
IN 1907 Gunn makes big profits by predicting stock market panic and falling commodity market.
IN 1908, Age 30 years, Gunn divorces his first wife and marries 19 летней Sadie Hannify. Together with him, his two daughters move to New York. It was that year, when he researched his "Master Time Factor". He traded on two accounts.. First, open on $300, brought to him $25000 for three months. Second, started with $130, Brought $12000 almost for 30 days. Since then, Gann has a reputation as an unusually talented trader..
IN 1909 Gunn and Sadie had their first child - a girl, which was named Velma.
IN 1910 Gann writes his first book, Speculating Is a Profitable Profession. He also publishes The Busy Man's News., and later his famous "Supply and Demand Letter".
At the beginning 1914 Gunn predicts world war and panic in the markets. IN 1915 a son is born - John.
In March 1918 Gunn successfully predicts the end of the First World War and the abdication of the Kaiser from the throne. His predictions were published by many of the leading newspapers of the time., including the "New York Times".
IN 1919 he started working for himself. He publishes Supply and Demand Letter, where it includes predictions for the stock and commodity markets.
IN 1923 Ганн пишет «Truth of the Stock Tape». This book has been rated by many as the best book on the market.. For the period c 60 days Gunn got more than $30000, starting with start-up capital in $1000.
IN 1927 Gunn writes the novel "Tunnel Thru the Air". Gunn wrote it as a statement of his own discoveries.. These discoveries were hidden in the interweaving of the plot of the book.. Traders have been trying to uncover the secrets of this book for many years., but little success. In Tunnel Thru the Air, Gunn predicts World War II, in particular Japan's attack on the United States.
IN 1928 Gunn successfully predicts the top of a bull market 3 September 1929 years and the subsequent greatest panic in history.
IN 1930 Gunn writes "Wall Street Stock Selector". In this book, he describes the state of the market with 1931 on 1933 of the year.
IN 1931 Gunn becomes a member of the New York Rubber Exchange and the New Orleans Cotton Exchange.
IN 1932 Gann gives his clients a buy recommendation, during the founding of the Great Depression.
IN 1936 Gunn writes New Stock Trend Detector and buys his own fully-metal Silver Star aircraft. He was the first in the USA, who owned the private, metal plane. After a few years, he buys several planes. Its pilot for 19 years was Elinor Smith. Gunn also buys real estate and a high-speed yacht.
IN 1937 Ганн пишет «How to Make Profits Trading in Puts and Calls». In the same year, he divorces his second wife..
IN 1940 Gunn writes "Face Facts America". In this book he explains, why Germany will lose the war and why America should not go to war. He also highlights big problems., which he sees in the "New Deal" of the American government and its consequences.
IN 1941 Gunn becomes a member of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. He is campaigning against Roosevelt and his "New Deal". It was time, when the US government had a huge budget, and Ford stopped production due to the crisis of overproduction. IN 1941 Ганн пишет «How to Make Profits in Commodities». By the authors of the original edition 1941 years were V.D. Gunn and his son John.
IN 1944 Gunn marries Londi for the third time, which was on 30 years younger than him. Gunn treated her, like a queen (much to the displeasure of their children). Gunn Moves To Warmer Climate Miami Florida. There he trades, is engaged in real estate investment and continues to teach its students.
IN 1948 Gunn sells his Joseph Lederer company to Sao Luis (Missouri).
IN 1949 Gunn writes "45 Years in Wall Street". Based on the merits of this book, "The International Mark Twain" makes him an honorary member of the Society..
IN 1950 Gunn writes "The Magic Word". This was his contribution to Bible literature.
23 May 1951 Years Gunn along with Ed. Lambert founds Lambert-Gann Publishing Company. This company has published all of Gann's books and courses. Gunn revises and republishes How to Make Profits in Commodities, removes John's name and photo from the book. Updated edition 1951 of the year was a huge success. Aged 73 years Gann had free funds for $500 per day for your consulting service. He sells "W.D. Gann Research, Inc.» C.C. Loosely in New York City.
IN 1954, Age 76, Gunn buys high-speed yacht, naming it "The Coffee Bean" in honor of a successful deal on the commodity exchange. Gann's "Great Master Course" sells for $5000, and in 1954 year this is the price of an average house.
Gunn suffers a heart attack.
IN 1955 Gunn returns from one of his many trips to Cuba, where he liked to buy tickets for the Cuban Lottery and play at the races. He felt sick and very weak.. Son John took him from Florida to New York, where Gann was admitted to the Methodist Church Hospital in Brooklyn.
V.D. Gunn died in 15:20 18 June 1955 year of age 77 years. Gann's children agreed to bury him with his second wife Sadie, in the Masonic section of the Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, on the alley overlooking the Manhattan highway and his beloved Wall Street. (John Gunn was a pilot during World War II. He spoke very harshly about his father., especially after that, how he got married for the third time. John Gunn died in 1984 year.)
