Charles Faulkner (born January 12, 1952) is an American practitioner of neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), life coach, motivational speaker, trader and author.

He has written several books and audio tapes on NLP, which is largely considered a pseudoscience.

[1][2] In 1990, after several years observing the decision-making strategies of traders such as Richard Dennis, Jim Rogers, Paul Tudor Jones and Tom Baldwin, Faulkner himself became a trader.

Three years later, Jack D. Schwager included a profile of Faulkner in The New Market Wizards: Conversations with America's Top Traders.

Along with other NLP trainers, he has modelled strategies for industries including rehabilitation, finance, medicine, sports, and bereavement.