TABLE OF CONTENTS The 10 Biggest Blowups of the Year June/July 2006 The Big Hurt The 10 biggest losses of 2005. And what the rest of us can learn from their mistakes. Running Down a Dream How a group of streetwise PHLX traders chipped in on a thoroughbred with Kentucky Derby potential. Father Figure Financial futures are the pistons that fire the global economic engine. Leo Melamed invented them.

Barclay Prime
The 5,000-Calorie Meal
By Hilary Lewis
Celebrate July 4 this year with a trip to Philadelphia, birthplace of ideas both noble (life + liberty = happiness) and truly historic (cheese + steak = cheesesteak). While there, hit this heralded steakhouse for a gourmet update on an all-American classic... > read more
Keywords: The 5,000-Calorie Meal

Jet Sitter
$10,000 Well Spent
By Alison Stuart
Relive your fondest Concorde memories -- at zero mph! > read more
Keywords: $10,000 Well Spent

The Iceman Cometh
Cojones Q&A
By Doug Donaldson
Antarctic scientist Ralph Harvey is one seriously cool customer. > read more
Keywords: Cojones

Will My Summer Barbecuing Kill Me?
Doctor's Orders
By Liesa Goins
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Keywords: Doctor's Orders

Gambling Men
Reads
By Jonathan Lesser
Why smart traders take big risks: a primer > read more
Keywords: Reads

The Odd Couple
Tunes
By Brian Dawson
One album for trading success -- and one for drowning sorrows > read more
Keywords: Tunes

French Twist
Buy This Island
By AnnaMaria Andriotis
Where a man's castle is his home. > read more
Keywords: Buy This Island

Security Counsel
Cover Your Assets
By Alison Stuart
How much should traders worry about personal protection? > read more

The Art of Problem Solving
My Charity
By AnnaMaria Andriotis
Helping tomorrow's traders run the numbers today. > read more
Keywords: My Charity

Pit Bosses
Trading Spaces
By Rich Blake
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

Card Counting
My Best Trade
By Bob Bright
How I rode a second-tier credit-card company to the brink of disaster and back again -- and made an $18 million score along the way. > read more
Keywords: My Best Trade , My Worst Trade

The Journeyman
Five Rules
By Leah McGrath Goodman
Sucden's Michael Overlander has traveled the long road from trainee to chairman -- and he's learned a few things along the way. > read more
Keywords: Five Rules

Father Figure
Hall of Fame
By Leah McGrath Goodman
Financial futures are the pistons that fire the global economic engine, the life force of traders everywhere. Leo Melamed invented them. > read more
Keywords: Hall of Fame

Assume the Position
Performance
By David Dent | Page 48
Stressed out, are we? Well, hang your smocks and grab your socks -- it's yoga time at the Chicago Board of Trade. No, really, it is. > read more
Keywords: Performance

Naked Gun
Risk/Reward
By A.D. Barber | Page 44
Selling uncovered options is one of trading's most frightening strategies. But after facing down the worst days of his career, Tony Caine considers it just a morning stroll. > read more
Keywords: Risk/Reward

Nicoll Shares
The Ask
By Rich Blake | Page 54
When Nasdaq acquired Instinet's ECN business last year, some people thought CEO Ed Nicoll would call it a day. But the former sheep farmer tells us he's still got some gas in the plow. > read more
Keywords: The Ask

Define Your Edge
The Card Shark
By Johnny Chan | Page 68
If the market odds aren't in your favor, perhaps it's time to change the rules of the game. This trading truism almost took me down on national television. > read more
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The Enemy Within
The Head Coach
By Doug Hirschhorn | Page 72
It's not the fear of failure that holds many great traders back -- it's the fear of success. Let's conquer some demons and take it to the next level. > read more
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I'll Meet You At the Bottom
The Lord of Discipline
By Ken Grant | Page 70
Ever wonder why risk managers have the ability to bust up a losing position at the exact moment it's about to turn around? Yeah, me too. > read more
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Sugar Rush
The Trade
By Jonathan Hoenig
The trading action in sugar futures is suddenly sweet following some fairly bland years. Meet the newest energy play. > read more
Keywords: The Trade

The Big Hurt
Feature Package
By Rich Blake , Alex Koppelman , A.D. Barber | Page 76
One person's good trade is, by definition, another's bad one. After a year of record earnings, we tally the slip side -- the 10 biggest losses of 2005 -- and what the rest of us can learn from their mistakes. > read more

All In
Feature
By Michael Kaplan | Page 84
Erik Seidel lost everything in the crash of 1987. But when the hard-luck futures trader went in search of his own future, he discovered a smoky back room, the lure of a poker table -- and a talent he could trade on. > read more
Keywords: Gambling Guru

Sweet Homes, Chicago
Feature Package
By Lisa Selin Davis | Page 98
For Windy City traders -- or frequent travelers to the town -- the futures market for downtown real estate has never been so liquid. Behold the many highly anticipated properties that are slated to turn the Second City into a first-rate trove of luxury living. > read more
Keywords: Spreads , Shelter

Running Down a Dream
Feature
By Rich Blake | Page 92
When a crew of streetwise PHLX traders decided to chip in on a thoroughbred with Kentucky Derby potential, all they needed was a few thousand bucks -- and a taste for volatility. Come take a ride with a racehorse syndicate in the market of diehards and dreamers. > read more

Midsummer Classics
Fashion
By Alan Schwarz | Page 108
Summertime, and the dressing is easy -- so long as your locker is laden with the season's finest threads. For inspiration, we outfitted the New York Mets' new all-star slugger Carlos Delgado -- one of the most market-savvy players in pro sports -- in some of this summer's coolest casual clothes. > read more
Keywords: Fashion

Links Minded
Gadgets
By Ty Wenger | Page 130
Take to the course with this year's hottest golf gear -- and buy the comfort of knowing that the problem with your golf game isn't your equipment. It's you. > read more
Keywords: Toys

Puddle Jumpers
High Flyer
By Robert Goyer | Page 134
More than 70 percent of the world is covered in water -- so why not just give in to geography and land on it? > read more
Keywords: High Flyer

Liquid Ice
Liquidity
By Anthony Giglio | Page 124
Don't get all hot and bothered this summer -- chill the hell out with these premium gins. > read more
Keywords: Liquidity

Island Hopping
The Life
By AnnaMaria Andriotis | Page 116
Avoid the tourist traps teeming with tour buses. To explore the Greek Isles the trader way, all you need are a luxury yacht, unlimited funds -- and our guide to the true treasures of the Aegean Sea. > read more
Keywords: The Life

Basic Instincts
Watch List
By Norma Buchanan | Page 122
No bells. No whistles. Just good old-fashioned timekeeping. > read more
Keywords: Watch List

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