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The Trader Monthly 100
April/May 2006

10.Cover.120
Earn, Baby, Earn
Our third annual take on the world's highest-earning traders.

The Ringleader
The Chicago Merc pits may eventually be history, but back in their glory days, no one was bigger than Lewis Borsellino.

Gimme Shelter
Why burn your valuable vacation time booking a measly five-star hotel room when you could walk through the front door of a private luxury home and stroll out the back door into paradise? Behold the finest residence-club properties in the world -- and the keys to making them yours.
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Six Seven
The 5,000-Calorie Meal
By AnnaMaria Andriotis | Page 28
Seattle's swank Edgewater Hotel has played host to much food-related mayhem over the years -- most notably some deviant hijinks involving British rock royalty, a young woman and an enormous fish. A trader's modern-day visit, of course, should prove more sophisticated, yes? Nutritionist Sophia Aslanis breaks it down... > read more
Keywords: The 5,000-Calorie Meal , Dining

Pit Bosses
By Rich Blake | Page 36
The organized chaos in the CME Eurodollar pit is a thing of endangered beauty. Here's an annotated guide to the elbow-to-elbow mayhem. > read more
Keywords: Trading Spaces

Need Sensitive Info In A Hurry?
Ask Beeks
By Brian Dawson | Page 32
~Trading Places~’ Clarence Beeks is (no longer) at your service. > read more
Keywords: Ask Beeks

Rare Coins
How to Trade...
By AnnaMaria Andriotis | Page 32
Turn little bank into big bank with acrobatic numismatics. > read more
Keywords: How To...

Is My Suntan Killing Me?
Doctor's Orders
By Liesa Goins | Page 30
> read more
Keywords: Doctor's Orders

Glory Days
Tunes
By Brian Dawson | Page 30
Revisit trading's proudest era with a little ~'80s Gold~. > read more
Keywords: Tunes

Liquid Market
Test Drive
By Brian Dawson | Page 34
Exploring new frontiers in busy-trader comfort with Stadium Pal. > read more
Keywords: Test Drive

Weather Man
Cojones Q&A
By Doug Donaldson | Page 34
Storm chaser Warren Faidley nearby? Strap yourself to something solid. > read more
Keywords: Cojones

Bathroom Breakdown
Ask the Dream Doctor
By Lauren Lawrence | Page 28
One unsettled trader gets lost in the loo. > read more
Keywords: Dream Doctor

High/Low

The Ringleader
Hall of Fame
By Rich Blake | Page 40
The Chicago Merc pits may eventually be history, but back in their glory days, no one was bigger than Lewis Borsellino. > read more
Keywords: Hall of Fame

The Scrum and the Fury
Performance
By David Dent | Page 44
To sharpen his mental acuity, Warren Rogers finds his edge on the rugby pitch. > read more
Keywords: Performance

Hidden Agenda
Risk/Reward
By A.D. Barber | Page 46
Program trading is supposed to be straightforward. So what exactly does Rosenblatt Securities' Joe Gawronski see lurking in the shadows? > read more
Keywords: Risk/Reward

Man On Fire
Celebrity Trader
| Page 48
Denis Leary has spent his career hurling Molotov cocktails at hypocrites. So we handed the blistering comic $50,000 and sent him out to torch the markets. > read more
Keywords: Celebrity Trader

Hot Seat
The Trade
By Jonathan Hoenig | Page 52
Exchanges have made plenty of money off traders over the years. Now it's time to turn the tables. > read more
Keywords: The Trade

Shredded Wheat
My Worst Trade
By Jeff Quinto | Page 56
How a floor buddy's bunk spread hunch and my own vacation plans once left me over a bushel. > read more
Keywords: My Worst Trade

Where Eagles Dare
Five Rules
By AnnaMaria Andriotis | Page 58
Whether inside a fighter jet or inside a trading room, Tom Busby has always had the right stuff. Now he shares it with the rest of us. > read more
Keywords: Five Rules

Handpicked Competition
The Card Shark
By Johnny Chan | Page 60
Whether you're playing poker or trading, exploiting a soft market for smaller gains often beats banging heads with the big boys. > read more

Brave New World
The Lord of Discipline
By Ken Grant | Page 62
If it's cowboys you crave, go see Brokeback Mountain. True-grit traders embrace low volatility and protect capital. > read more
Keywords: The Lord of Discipline

Just Play the Game
The Head Coach
By Doug Hirschhorn | Page 64
Losses and cold streaks need not shake your confidence -- as long as you're making good decisions. > read more
Keywords: The Head Coach , Advice

Directions

Trader Monthly 100: The Best of the Rest
By Rich Blake , A.D. Barber , Robert LaFranco | Page 69
The highest-earning traders of 2005. > read more
Keywords: The Trader Monthly 100

Trader Monthly 100: Top Wall Street Traders
By Rich Blake , A.D. Barber , Robert LaFranco | Page 69
The highest-earning traders of 2005. > read more
Keywords: The Trader Monthly 100

Trader Monthly 100: Top Hedge-Fund Traders
By Rich Blake , A.D. Barber , Robert LaFranco | Page 69
The highest-earning traders of 2005. > read more
Keywords: The Trader Monthly 100

Trader Monthly 100: The Top 10
By Rich Blake , A.D. Barber , Robert LaFranco | Page 69
The highest-earning traders of 2005. > read more
Keywords: The Trader Monthly 100

Trader Monthly 100: Top Up-and-Comers
By Rich Blake , A.D. Barber , Robert LaFranco | Page 69
The brightest rising stars, plus a few traders who fell off the list. > read more
Keywords: The Trader Monthly 100

Partners In Time
Fashion
By Norma Buchanan | Page 112
Chronographs, with their myriad dials, are a fashion craze. But these old-school stopwatches do more than just look good -- they help you make the most of life's most valuable commodity. > read more
Keywords: Fashion

Gimme Shelter
Feature Package
By Susan Kime | Page 98
Why burn your valuable vacation time booking a measly five-star hotel room when you could walk through the front door of a private luxury home and stroll out the back door into paradise? Behold the finest residence-club properties in the world -- and the keys to making them yours. > read more
Keywords: The Life , Travel

The Trader Monthly 100: Earn, Baby, Earn
By Rich Blake , A.D. Barber , Robert LaFranco | Page 69
Our third annual take on the world's highest-earning traders. > read more
Keywords: The Trader Monthly 100

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Italian Stallion
Wheels
By Magnus Greaves | Page 126
When our fearless founder announced he was test-driving the new Ferrari F430 at the Monza racetrack, we upped his life-insurance policy. In retrospect, a smart move! > read more
Keywords: Wheels

Sherry on Top
Liquidity
By Anthony Giglio | Page 124
Think this unheralded wine is merely Granny’s little helper? Time to think again. > read more
Keywords: Liquidity

Bigger Bird
High Flyer
By Robert Goyer | Page 134
Impossibly roomy and surprisingly refined, the Sikorsky S-92 is the helicopter that thinks it's a luxury jet. > read more
Keywords: High Flyer

The Last Shangri-La
The Life
By Matt Carroll | Page 120
Once the most remote culture on the planet, the mystical land of Bhutan has opened its doors to the Western world. Take a journey to the luxury and mystery of the oldest new place on earth. > read more
Keywords: The Life

Turning Japanese
Gadgets
By Mark Spoonauer | Page 130
Be the first kid on your continent to own the latest and greatest in Tokyo-style technology. > read more
Keywords: Toys , Gadgets

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