{"product_id":"the-trading-game-a-confession-paperback","title":"The Trading Game: A Confession - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGary Stevenson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - \"The Best Wall Street Book of 2024\"--Bloomberg \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \"vivid\" (\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e) rags-to-riches memoir that takes readers inside the high-stakes drama and hubris of the trading floor, a \"darkly funny\" (\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e) tale of Citibank's one-time most profitable trader, and why he gave it all up\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Darker than [\u003ci\u003eLiar's Poker\u003c\/i\u003e], but if anything even more of a rollicking read . . . the clearest account I've ever read of how trading desks really work.\"--Felix Salmon, \u003ci\u003eAxios\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn development as a limited series - Longlisted for the FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf you were gonna rob a bank and you saw the vault door there, left open, what would you do? Would you wait around?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEver since he was a kid, kicking broken soccer balls on the run-down streets of East London, Gary Stevenson dreamed of something bigger. As luck would have it, he was good at numbers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the London School of Economics, wearing tracksuits and sneakers, Stevenson shocked his posh classmates by winning a competition called \"The Trading Game.\" The prize?: a golden ticket to a new life, as the youngest trader at Citibank. A place where you could make more money than you'd ever imagined. Where your colleagues are dysfunctional geniuses and insecure bullies yet start to feel like family. Where against the odds you become the bank's most profitable trader, closing deals worth nearly a trillion dollars. A \u003ci\u003eday\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSoon you are dreaming of numbers in your sleep--and then you stop sleeping at all. But what happens when winning starts to feel like losing? You're making a killing betting on millions of people becoming poorer--like the very people you grew up with. The economy is slipping off a precipice, and your own sanity starts slipping with it. You want to stop, but you can't. Because \u003ci\u003enobody ever leaves\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWould you stick, or quit? Even if it meant risking everything? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Trading Game\u003c\/i\u003e is an outrageous, unvarnished, white-knuckle journey to the dark heart of an intoxicating world--the trading floor--from someone who survived the game and then blew it all wide open.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary Stevenson, \u003c\/b\u003e since leaving his trading career behind, has studied for an MSc at Oxford, worked with economic think tanks, and founded a YouTube channel where he teaches people about real-world economics. He regularly appears on television and radio and has written for \u003ci\u003eFortune\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 11, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773187588384,"sku":"9780593727232","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1382ac5c58b2d75e0604104f04275247.webp?v=1780421542","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-trading-game-a-confession-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}