Back To The Futures
14 Trader Tales from the Pit, Chicago-StyleBy Kenny Polcari
Length43m
About this audiobook
Step into the smoke-filled trading pits of Chicago where fortunes were made and lost in seconds, and where a Kansas cattleman could become a financial legend overnight. These are the true stories of the mavericks, manipulators, and market wizards who built America's futures exchanges from the ground up. From Benjamin 'Old Hutch' Hutchinson's wheat throne to the Hunt brothers' billion-dollar silver corner, each tale reveals the raw ambition, cunning strategies, and spectacular failures that shaped modern finance. For young traders seeking to understand the DNA of the markets, these stories offer both inspiration and hard-earned wisdom from the ultimate school of hard knocks.
Audiobook details
GenreBusiness and Economics, Politics and Government
Length43 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 4, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
214 Trader Tales from the Futures Pits
Series
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