Gary Stevenson

Juba lapsena katkise jalgpalliga Ida-Londoni räämas tänavatel vutti tagudes unistas Gary Stevenson millestki suuremast. Elus peab ju olema ... häid asju. Õnneks olid tal head numbrilised oskused. Londoni Majandusteaduste koolis rabas dressides ja tossudes Stevenson oma hästirõivastatud kursakaaslasi, kui pani kinni võistluse nimega "Kauplemismäng". Auhind? Kuldne pilet uude ellu, Citibanki noorimaks kauplejaks. Kohta, kus sai teenida rohkem raha, kui ta oli iial osanud ette kujutada. Aga mis juhtub siis, kui võit hakkab tunduma kaotusena? Sa teenid hiigelkasumeid, panustades sellele, et miljonid teised jäävad samal ajal vaesemaks - teised täpselt samasugused inimesed nagu need, kellega koos sa üles kasvasid. Majandus libiseb üle kuristiku serva ... ja sinu mõistus koos sellega. Tahad peatuda, aga ei suuda. Sest keegi ei peatu. Kunagi. Kas jääd mängu või loobud? Isegi kui see tähendab kõige kaotamise riski? "Kauplemismäng" on pöörane, ilustamata ja närvekõditav teekond aktsiamaailma tumedasse, ahvatlevasse südamesse, mille autor üle elas, ja otsustas siis kogu tõe paljastada.

#1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - "The Best Wall Street Book of 2024"--Bloomberg A "vivid" (Financial Times) rags-to-riches memoir that takes readers inside the high-stakes drama and hubris of the trading floor, a "darkly funny" (Guardian) tale of Citibank's one-time most profitable trader, and why he gave it all up "Darker than Liar's Poker], but if anything even more of a rollicking read . . . the clearest account I've ever read of how trading desks really work."--Felix Salmon, Axios In development as a limited series - Longlisted for the FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year If you were gonna rob a bank and you saw the vault door there, left open, what would you do? Would you wait around? Ever 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. At 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 day. Soon 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 nobody ever leaves. Would you stick, or quit? Even if it meant risking everything? The Trading Game 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.

*NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*'An unforgettable story of greed, financial madness and moral decay' Rory Stewart'Hilarious, shocking and deeply sad — often in the same sentence' Sunday Times'The Wolf of Wall Street with a moral compass' Irvine WelshAn outrageous, white-knuckle journey to the dark heart of an intoxicating world - from someone who survived the trading game and then blew it all wide open'If you were gonna rob a bank, and you saw the vault door there, left open, what would you do? Would you wait around? Ever since he was a kid, kicking broken footballs on the streets of East London in the shadow of Canary Wharf's skyscrapers, Gary wanted something better. Something a whole lot bigger. Then he won a competition run by a bank: 'The Trading Game'. The prize: a golden ticket to a new life, as the youngest trader in the whole city. A place where you could make more money than you'd ever imagined. Where your colleagues are dysfunctional maths geniuses, overfed public schoolboys and borderline psychopaths, yet they start to feel like family. Where soon you're the bank's most profitable trader, dealing in nearly a trillion dollars. A day. Where you dream of numbers in your sleep - and then stop sleeping at all. But what happens when winning starts to feel like losing? When the easiest way to make money is to bet on millions becoming poorer and poorer - and, as the economy starts slipping off a precipice, your own sanity starts slipping with it? You want to stop, but you can't. Because nobody ever leaves. Would you stick, or quit? Even if it meant risking everything?

Hävytön, kaunistelematon matka rahamaailman pimeään ytimeen. Köyhä opiskelija Gary Stevenson oli halunnut aina jotain parempaa. Sitten hän voitti kilpailun, jonka palkintona oli työ Lontoon nuorimpana investointipankkiirina. Työ, jossa voi tienata käsittämättömät määrät rahaa. Pian Gary oli pankin menestynein treidaaja, joka teki kauppaa lähes miljardilla eurolla. Päivässä. Mutta mitä tapahtuu, kun voittaminen alkaa tuntua häviämiseltä? Kun rahaa saa helpoiten lyömällä vetoa siitä, että miljoonat köyhtyvät - ja kun talous alkaa liukua jyrkänteeltä, oma mielenterveys liukuu sen mukana? Vetävä tositarina kertoo raadollisesta finanssipelistä, josta poisjääminen on miltei mahdotonta.

#1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - "The Best Wall Street Book of 2024"--Bloomberg A "vivid" (Financial Times) rags-to-riches memoir that takes readers inside the high-stakes drama and hubris of the trading floor, a "darkly funny" (Guardian) tale of Citibank's one-time most profitable trader, and why he gave it all up "Darker than Liar's Poker], but if anything even more of a rollicking read . . . the clearest account I've ever read of how trading desks really work."--Felix Salmon, Axios In development as a limited series - Longlisted for the FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year If you were gonna rob a bank and you saw the vault door there, left open, what would you do? Would you wait around? Ever 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. At 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 day. Soon 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 nobody ever leaves. Would you stick, or quit? Even if it meant risking everything? The Trading Game 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.