TABLE OF CONTENTS The 100 Highest-Earning Traders October/November 2004 The Trader Monthly 100 The top-earning traders of 2003 -- we're naming names and counting $$$. Rolling Carnival Speed all day, party all night: At the Bullrun, an eight-day trans-America exercise in excess, fast cars yield all sorts of trouble. Blood on the Street Eurodollar trader Troy Kindt's football physique and aggressive behavior gave him a big advantage in the CME pits. Those traits may also have prompted him to kill a man over a parking space.

Insider Info
Hot News, Gossip, Industry Dish
By Rich Blake , Imogen Rose-Smith | Page 18
Billy Baldwin takes it all off, Charles Harris sails into the sunset > read more
Keywords: Insider Info , News

Ben Benson's
The 5,000-Calorie Meal
By AnnaMaria Andriotis | Page 24
This old-school steakhouse also does poultry -- deep-fried and piled high. With the help of official Trader Monthly dietician Hilary Baron, we tallied the damage of the Iron Man triathlon of fried-chicken dinners. > read more
Keywords: The 5,000-Calorie Meal , Dining

Teach for America
My Charity
By Brian Dawson | Page 24
Daniel Fox, Managing Director, First Albany Capital > read more
Keywords: Open , My Charity

Japandemonium!
Reads
By Jonathan Lesser | Page 24
Depraved traders lay waste to Tokyo > read more
Keywords: Reads , Entertainment

How To Trade Racehorses
By Michael Slezak | Page 26
For real action, owning a prize pony beats betting on one any day > read more
Keywords: How To... , Entertainment

Need Sensitive Information In a Hurry?
Ask Beeks
By Brian Dawson | Page 32
Trading Places Clarence Beeks is at your service > read more
Keywords: Ask Beeks , Advice

Buy Your Way Out Of the Doghouse
Kobe's Korner
By Victoria Weinberg | Page 32
Committed a personal foul? Give her these! > read more
Keywords: Kobe's Korner , Luxury Goods

Risky Business
Cojones Q&A
By Brian Dawson | Page 34
Skyscraper jockey Tom Silliman on fear, danger and close calls > read more
Keywords: Cojones , Profile

Will My Heart Palpitations Kill Me?
Doctor's Orders
By Brian Dawson | Page 34
How to tell a benign surge from a dangerous palpatation > read more
Keywords: Doctor's Orders , Advice

Cornish Cay, Bahamas
Buy This Island
By AnnaMaria Andriotis | Page 36
A pirates' playground for under $5 million > read more
Keywords: Buy This Island , Travel

Nobu Boo-boo
Absurd Receipt
By Brian Dawson | Page 36
> read more
Keywords: Absurd Receipt , Dining

The 3:33:33 War Whoop
Rituals
By Brian Dawson | Page 36
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Keywords: Rituals , Culture

Betfair.com
Web Site of the Month
By Victoria Weinberg | Page 26
Now you can gamble on pretty much anything > read more
Keywords: Web Site of the Month , Entertainment

Buy. Disrobe. Knock Boots. Repeat.
Tunes
By Brian Dawson | Page 26
An Al Green box set that scores > read more
Keywords: Tunes , Entertainment

Speed Dreamin'
$10,000 Well Spent
By Brian Dawson | Page 28
Think you can't go fast in a sailboat? The WindRider Rave will change your mind. > read more
Keywords: $10,000 Well Spent , Recreation

Master Video Poker
The Gambling Guru
By Deke Castleman | Page 26
Learn how to spot the paying machines > read more
Keywords: Gambling Guru , Recreation

Boiler Room
Trading Spaces
By Brian Dawson | Page 30
A 150-year-old mill inspires Jim Miclot's traders > read more
Keywords: Trading Spaces , Shelter

Winning From the Sidelines
The Card Shark
By Johnny Chan | Page 66
Sometimes the most profitable trades are the ones you don't make. I once guaranteed myself $250,000 by doing nothing > read more
Keywords: The Card Shark , Advice , Expert

Decent Exposure
The Lord of Discipline
By Ken Grant | Page 66
The most elegant concept in trading is also the most ignored. Playing your P/L can help you break on through > read more
Keywords: The Lord of Discipline , Advice , Expert

The Mental Edge
Don't Aim. Throw!
By Alden Cass | Page 70
It's good advice for pitchers, and good advice when you get gun-shy with your trading > read more
Keywords: The Mental Edge , Advice , Expert

Cash of The Titans
The Trade
By Jonathan Hoenig | Page 50
Around the clock, around the world, nothing capitalizes on global interest-rate volatility better than Eurodollar futures contracts > read more
Keywords: The Trade , Advice

The King of T-Bonds
Hall of Fame
By Rich Blake | Page 62
For Tom Baldwin, who traded roughly $1 billion of treasuries each hour, a $2 million profit was just another day at the office > read more
Keywords: Hall of Fame , Profile

The Bling Portfolio
Celebrity Trader
By Brian Dawson | Page 60
We gave hip-hop impresario Damon Dash $50,000 to trade on behalf of his charity, and he got aggressive on us -- longing oil and currency futures and enough luxury goods to outfit the Playboy mansion. Did he score for the kids of Harlem? > read more
Keywords: Celebrity Trader

Cracking The Code
Risk/Reward
By Victoria Weinberg | Page 56
Charles Chen has made millions mixing big single-trade bets, market timing and a dose of Da Vinci Code numerology voodoo. Trading only indices, he's up 82 percent over the past two years > read more
Keywords: Risk/Reward , Profile

Day of the Hunter
My Best Trade
By David Young | Page 48
How a talking head, a half-dead deer and a rusty pay phone helped net me a few million > read more
Keywords: My Best Trade , Profile

Nonstop Trading
Performance
By Rich Blake | Page 42
Mike Donahue has turned the Sydney office of TransMarket Group into a round-the-clock money machine > read more
Keywords: Performance , Profile , International

Bulls Market
Fashion
By Michael Callahan | Page 100
When you run the floor for the Chicago Bulls, the town is yours for the taking. The team's MVP, Kirk Hinrich, takes his game -- and his sleek tailored suits -- on a fast break through the Windy City > read more
Keywords: Fashion

Blood on the Street
Scandal
By Gerald Burstyn | Page 96
Eurodollar trader Troy Kindt's football physique and aggressive behavior gave him a big advantage in the CME pits. Those traits may also have prompted him to kill a man over a parking space > read more
Keywords: News , Culture

Rolling Carnival
Lifestyle
By Magnus Greaves | Page 90
Speed all day, party all night: At the Bullrun, an eight-day trans-America exercise in excess, fast cars yield all sorts of trouble > read more
Keywords: Recreation , Travel

The Trader Monthly 100
By Rich Blake , Imogen Rose-Smith , Robert LaFranco | Page 75
The top-earning traders of 2003 - we're naming names and counting $$$ > read more
Keywords: Directions , List

Nightmare on Wall Street
Ask the Dream Doctor
By Lauren Lawrence | Page 128
When traders dream, bad things happen. The dream doctor is in. Sleep tight. > read more
Keywords: The Dream Doctor , Advice

Miami Oasis
Spreads
By Lea Stern | Page 108
Peter Taylor's trading success has translated into South Beach and Atlantic Ocean views and a toy-laden license to chill > read more
Keywords: Spreads , Shelter

Cabo, Off the Hook
The Life
By Turk Pippin | Page 112
Baja's 24-hour pleasure palace has gone luxe with marlin fishing, Jack Nicklaus golf, a flesh smorgasbord . . . and the most over-the-top six-star resort in the hemisphere > read more
Keywords: The Life , Travel

Liquid Assets
Watch List
By Louise Maslin | Page 116
Whether you're crawling on reefs or timing the opening bell, these high-end dive Watches stay sharp under pressure > read more
Keywords: Luxury Goods , Watch List

No Substitute
Wheels
By Glenn Derene | Page 118
We took the new 605-horsepower Porsche Carrera GT out for a drive -- with one leadfoot hedge-fund hotshot in tow. Would this new supercar pass the Trader Monthly road test? > read more
Keywords: Wheels , Recreation , Luxury Goods

Visions to Behold
Gadgets
By Seth Kelly | Page 122
We've watched all the rest, and here are the best. These high-definition big boards bring television to its ultimate level > read more
Keywords: Gadgets , Luxury Goods

The Flying Condo
High Flyer
By Robert Goyer | Page 124
With the body of a 737 and the luxury of the QE2, the BBJ 2 is the personal airplane that makes getting there all the fun > read more
Keywords: High Flyer , Luxury Goods

Blended Heaven
Liquidity
By Randall Lane | Page 126
Single-malts are great, but top-of-the-line blended whiskies can hang right up there with them. Our panel of traders test-drives a grand’s worth > read more
Keywords: Liquidity , Dining

Friday Levity: Milan’s `Hedge Fund Chic’

Brace yourself for the Italian designer’s answer to looking your Marshall’s best while somehow burning through more bucks than the Queen has teas. > read more

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