Victor Sperandeo

{{Infobox person

| name = Victor Sperandeo

| image =

| caption = Victor "Trader Vic" Sperandeo

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1945|03|16}}

| birth_place = Queens, New York, United StatesMichael Martin (October 2008). – Hall of Fame: “To The Victor”. - Trader Monthly.

| occupation = Trader, index developer, financial commentator

| website = {{website |http://www.victorsperandeo.com}}

}}

Victor Sperandeo, known as "Trader Vic", is an American financial trader, index developer, and financial commentator based in Grapevine, Texas, United States. He serves as the President and CEO of Alpha Financial Technologies, LLC (AFT), is a founding partner of EAM Partners L.P., and serves as the President and CEO of its general partner, EAM Corporation.

Sperandeo traded in commodities, particularly in the energy and metals sectors. He is renowned for having 'predicted' the stock market crash of 1987 during an extensive interview in the September 21 issue of Barron's; on October 16, one trading session prior to Black Monday, Sperandeo shorted the Dow and made 300% during a day the DJIA fell by over 20%.{{Cite web|url=http://www.aftllc.com/images/bg_imgs_and_rpts/Trader%20Monthly%20Hall%20of%20Fame%20Trader%20Vic.pdf|title=Trader Monthly Hall of Fame|last=Martin|first=Michael|date=October 2008|website=Alpha Financial Technologies|publisher=Doubledown Media|page=76|access-date=April 30, 2016}}