Pit Bull
by Martin Schwartz · first published 1998
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Welcome to the world of Martin "Buzzy" Schwartz, Champion Trader—the man whose nerves of steel and killer instinct in the canyons of Wall Street earned him the well-deserved name "Pit Bull." This is the true story of how Schwartz became the best of the best, of the people and places he discovered along the way and of the trader's tricks and techniques he used to make his millions.
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on “Ask HN: Books you wish you had read earlier?” ↗If you know programming, the thing probably is to get intrigued about the various different areas. The Predictors (Thomas Bass) Market Wizards (there's a series) When Genius Failed Pit Bull (Marty Schwartz) Rigged (Mezrich) Liar's Poker Reminiscences of a Stock Operator These are all basically novels. All basically dated, misguided and incorrect. But then slowly you might learn to…
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