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Greg Wasserman
Greg Wasserman If you have ever traded SPX contracts (options on the S&P 500) at the Chicago Board of Options Exchange, chances are Greg Wasserman has been on the other side of your trade.
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  / Chicago Board of Trade
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  / Commodities FTC
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  We are excited to introduce you to "Hulk" If you trade dow futures, you need to read this interview.
 
 


/COMMODITIES NEWS


LEGENDS REVEALED
 
/Jesse Lauriston Livermore
   
Jesse Lauriston Livermore

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Boy Plunger and Great Bear of Wallstreet. Called the greatest stock market speculator of the 1920’s.

Worked as a board marker in Boston brokerage houses. Started trading at 16 years of age. Barred from all of Wall Street bucket shops because of tape reading skills.
 
/Arthur William Cutten
   
Arthur William Cutten

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Known as the greatest wheat speculator of all time, Arthur Cutten began his career in commodities as a bookkeeper, making $4 a week.

Determined to succeed, Cutten soon began climbing his way to the top and found himself, at one point in his life, with more than $69 million to his name.
 
/Charles Michael Schwab
   
Charles Michael Schwab

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Called the “master hustler” by his good friend Thomas Edison, Charles Schwab began as a stake driver at Carnegie Steel.

His ambitions were strong, as he soon found himself at the head of the company, bringing Bethlehem to the top of the steel industry.
 
/Richard Whitney
   
Richard Whitney

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Born into the Boston elite, Richard Whitney found himself surrounded by luxury since he was an infant.  Attending Harvard as a young man,Whitney soon found himself immersed in the New York Stock Exchange as president of his own company.

Once called the “savior” of the stock market, his final years were clouded by theft and notoriety.

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