New BBC2 documentary starting tonight at 9pm. Traders: Millions by the minute

Anyone heard of the above documentary? Traders: Millions by the minute?. 2 part series documenting the lives of independent traders

 

What's it going to be, a documentary on legalized front running via HFT's? And I'm not knocking these guys. They figured out they can pay large sums to the NYSE to collocate their super computers AT THE EXCHANGE, so they can steal, and get away with it. The documentary should piss off every top level white collar criminal for not thinking of that one long ago, lol.

 

Looks like the BBC doesn't want this out of the country. Hopefully somebody will usenet it.

 

Looks interesting. Will watch tomorrow.

Two-part documentary series which goes inside the fast and fiercely competitive world of financial traders to meet the men and women who play the markets in London, New York, Chicago and Amsterdam. The film offers a rare, personal portrait of what life is like for the people who do this lucrative but relentless job, against a backdrop of non-stop news, globalised markets and the rise of ultra-fast computers capable of placing millions of trades at a time.

Manhattan hedge fund manager Karen believes that money is power and making it is fun, as she juggles two sets of twins, a busy social calendar and her $200-million fund. Bob has spent more than three decades yelling out his trades and jostling for position on Chicago's cattle futures trading floor, but now he thinks it may be time wean himself off his trading addiction. London day traders Will and Piers use their expertise to train others in the art of making money from tiny moves in the markets. But they warn their new trainees it is going to be far harder to master the psychological and emotional skills needed for trading than the technicalities. Ultimately, it is a story of money, desire and emotion.

These BBC docs normally find their way onto YouTube, for those who don't have iPlayer access.

 

Refreshing not being some story on the HFT's.

 

theres a torrent out there now.

seek and ye shall find

 

where ya been, I spoke of this years ago. winstontj a shill and apologist defended it with tooth and nail.

 

I've been getting sub pennied for several years. Trust me, I know..

 

Good show. Very honest portrayal. Some of the posers here should watch it.

 

Just watched this on youtube. kind of entertaining. The two guys who trade $1.5M 'under management' and drive a (probably rented) Mercedes and live at home are the most amusing. But the guy who's been trading for 7 years and made no money is truly another Jonathan Hoenig.