Ranking of Individual Investor Returns in the U.S. Stock Market Over the Past Decade

1. Mark Minervini — An American trading master known for short-term trading of growth stocks, he has historically achieved an average annualized return of approximately 220%. He won the U.S. Investment Championship in 2021 with an annual return of 334.8% (also won with 155% in 1997), but specific annualized data for his account over the past 10 years has not been disclosed.

Representative Strategy: Utilizes the SEPA (Specific Entry Point Analysis) method, combining fundamental analysis of growth stocks with technical patterns, focusing on sustained upward opportunities following consolidation breakouts (such as cup and handle, VCP, and other momentum patterns).

Style and Risk Control: His trading style leans towards momentum swing trading, targeting leading stocks in strong sectors. Risk control is extremely strict; records show he has only had one quarterly loss, which was less than 1%; he typically sets a fixed stop-loss for each trade (generally not exceeding 10%) and selectively adds positions after stop-losses on pullbacks.

2. Keith Gill (“Roaring Kitty”) — A retail investor famous on social media, known for driving the surge of “meme” stocks like GameStop during 2020-2021. His personal holdings once soared 21 times alongside GME's price (later retraced), but there is no public annualized return data available. Reports indicate that he made millions at the peak of his holdings, but also faced a loss of about $13 million in a single day due to GME holdings (highlighting extremely high risk). His strategy focuses on believing that a company's fundamentals are undervalued by the market, and he uses platforms like Reddit/YouTube to promote his investment logic, lacking traditional systematic risk control. Due to the absence of investment competition certification, the authenticity of his performance cannot be verified by a third party.