TABLE OF CONTENTS The Bonus Issue Feb/March 2007 The Biggest Bulge Ever Another Wall Street bonus season, another jaw-dropping, record-smashing haul. Mark 2006 as a very good year to be a bank trader. Fast Market Coffee trader John Connolly conquered the NYBOT pits but never abandoned his passion for auto racing. Burning the midnight tires with a man on a mission -- for speed. Capital Investments Which luxury indulgences are most deserving of your bonus cash? We polled our readers, and the survey says: These are the year's strongest buys.

Vinyl Solution
$15 Grand Well Spent
By Cristina Velocci
The retro-modern Laser Turntable is a record player for the digital age > read more
Keywords: $10,000 Well Spent

“Wealth” Management
Reads
By Brian Dawson | Page 44
A modern humorist tackles Adam Smith's famous treatise. > read more
Keywords: Reads

Dylan Prime
The 5,000-Calorie Meal
By Hilary Lewis
Much of the grub at this stylish Tribeca steakhouse is designed for two. Which is perfect for a date -- or a post-close solo pop-in by a ravenous trader looking to spend a little meal money on someone he really respects and admires! > read more
Keywords: The 5,000-Calorie Meal

Fearsome Foursome
Ask the Dream Doctor
By Charles McPhee
Ask the Dream Doctor > read more
Keywords: Dream Doctor

Diver Down
Cojones Q&A
By Doug Donaldson
Every day on the job, Michael Bellardi is in over his head > read more
Keywords: Cojones

Joltin’ Joe
Doctor’s Orders
By Cristina Velocci | Page 42
Is too much coffee killing you? > read more
Keywords: Doctor's Orders

Golden Brown
The Coolest Trade Ever?
By Andrew Barber
In praise of the bold sell order that helped spur "Black Friday" — and brought down two Wall Street scalawags > read more
Keywords: Coolest Trade Ever?

Saving Face
Pretty Boy
By Cristina Velocci | Page 38
The Art of Shaving’s premium grooming goods help you get depilatory with it > read more
Keywords: Pretty Boy

Booking Profits
Side Gig
By Roxanne Downer | Page 40
Literary trader David Breskin is both a Shakespeare and a Soros > read more
Keywords: Side Gig

Take This Job and Love It
Trader DIY
By Cristina Velocci | Page 46
More burned out than Brian Hunter? Test-drive a new dream career with Vocation Vacations > read more

Do the Hustle
Tunes
By Hilary Lewis | Page 46
Poker songs to inspire your cheatin' heart > read more
Keywords: Tunes

Stalk Market
Trading Spaces
By Andrew Barber | Page 48
At the Midwest's commodity exchanges, the gains are in the grains > read more
Keywords: Trading Spaces

Juiced Up
My Best Trade
By Larry Alintoff | Page 52
In a scene ripped right out of cinematic history, I fought one of the most furious frozen-orange-juice markets ever — and lived to taste one mighty sweet score. > read more
Keywords: My Best Trade , My Worst Trade

The Tip Sheet
By Andrew Barber , Rich Blake
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Play to Win
The Head Coach
By Doug Hirschhorn
A preoccupation with not losing money can hamper your ability to make it. Why fear of failure is a trader's worst enemy — and how to overcome it > read more
Keywords: The Head Coach

Belly Up
The Lord of Discipline
By Ken Grant | Page 72
My prediction for pork-belly futures in 2007 is a slaughter, but the rest of the market just might offer traders a chance to pig out > read more
Keywords: The Lord of Discipline

The Options King
Hall of Fame
By Mark Whistler
Embracing technology and challenging conventional wisdom, Joe Ritchie built one of the largest, most profitable options-trading firms in the world > read more
Keywords: Hall of Fame

Micromania
The Trade
By Jonathan Hoenig , Andrew Barber | Page 62
When it comes to stocks, how small is too small? Turns out the petri dish is the limit — but keep your microscopes on high, because separating the sweet from the schlock can be risky business > read more
Keywords: The Trade

Ogg Laws
Three Rules
By Melanie Wallis
Forex veteran David Ogg always kept his cardinal rules where he could see them — and never strayed. Here are his top three tips for capturing the currency crown > read more
Keywords: Three Rules

Vice Squad
Performance
By David Obuchowski | Page 54
Moving beyond gimmicky marketing ploys, Charles Norton’s sinful approach to investing has his Vice Fund burning up the competition By David Obuchowski > read more
Keywords: Performance

Know When To Walk Away
The Card Shark
By Johnny Chan | Page 58
As Kenny Rogers sang, holding 'em and folding 'em are important skills — but in trading, as in poker, knowing when to leave the table is essential to capital preservation > read more
Keywords: The Card Shark

The King of Systematizers
Exclusive

Tycoon to do list: Serve as mission control for Steve Fossett’s final two (and successful) world record setting “around-the-world” balloon solo attempts, set a few aero-speed records, start companies in Russia and Japan, meet Paul Kagame and aid Rwanda… and finally, repeat the impossible by creating a firm that duplicates CRT’s options success in equity execution. > read more

Futures Shock
The Ask
By Rich Blake
The once unthinkable marriage of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade will forever change the futures markets not to mention the future of global securities markets themselves. Terry Duffy and Craig Donohue forged this newly created trading powerhouse and now they tell Trader Monthly what they have in mind for an encore > read more
Keywords: The Ask

The Biggest Bulge Ever
Feature
By Rich Blake
Another Wall Street bonus season, another jaw-dropping, record-smashing haul. Mark 2006 as a very good year to be a bank trader > read more

Capital Investments
Feature
By Roxanne Downer | Page 86
Which luxury indulgences are most deserving of your bonus cash? We polled our readers, and the survey says: These are the year's strongest buys > read more
Keywords: List , Luxury Goods

Fast Market
Feature
By Rich Blake
Coffee trader John Connolly conquered the NYBOT pits but never abandoned his passion for auto racing. Burning the midnight tires with a man on a mission — for speed > read more
Keywords: Profile

Bonus Time
Feature
By Hilary Lewis , Tolga Kadioglu , Roxanne Downer
Flush with cash from another obscene bonus? Then now is the moment to arm yourself with one of the year’s most popular timepieces > read more
Keywords: Fashion , Luxury Goods , Watch List

Viva Luxe Vegas
Home Equity
By Lisa Selin Davis , Roxanne Downer
Buying real estate in Sin City, a town built more on busts than jackpots, can be a high-stakes wager. These super-luxe properties are the closest thing to a sure bet. > read more
Keywords: Home Equity

Private Eyes
Gadgets
By Mark Spoonauer
These newest high-def camcorders deliver amazing detail — and are small enough to be misplaced just about anywhere! > read more
Keywords: Toys , Gadgets

Speed Freak
High Flyer
By Robert Goyer
Why drop $18 million on the Citation X, the world's fastest private jet? Because it's extremely hard to steal > read more
Keywords: High Flyer

One Sip Beyond
Liquidity
By Anthony Giglio
White rums are fine — for mixing a mojito. But for a more refined experience, put a few of these delicious dark rums in your snifter and sip > read more
Keywords: Liquidity

Lost in Accumulation
The Life
By Matt Carroll , Cristina Velocci
Off the coast of Siberia lies a Japanese island with spectacular, uncrowded, pristine slopes — and more powder per year than any place you've ever skied > read more
Keywords: The Life

Retro Chic
Watch List
By Norma Buchanan
With their distinctive to-and-fro motion, these retrograde watches literally turn back the hands of time > read more
Keywords: Watch List

Asian Sensation
Wheels
By Glenn Derene , Eric Capper
The new LS460 has been hailed as the car that will single-handedly launch Lexus into the realm of super-luxury. But could it withstand the scrutiny of a trader — and the mean streets of Greenwich, Connecticut? > read more
Keywords: Wheels

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