Sunday, August 30, 2009

Leaked Video - Paul Tudor Jones- Trading Documentary

August 30, 2009 by FXChris

Back in 1987 PBS apparently ran a special series on Traders. I am unsure how many entries were in this series, if anyone has that information by all means please share it. One of these entries, however, I had heard about a couple of years ago but could not find the video anywhere on the net, it was as it had just vanished. It is just about an hour long video of a couple of trading days in the life of Paul Tudor Jones.

Wikipedia entry - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tudor_Jones
Forbes 400 Richest - http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/54/400list08_Paul-Tudor-Jones-II_L6IH.html

Paul is a very successful Hedge fund manager. He trades Stocks, Forex, Futures, Commodities, you name it. He made $750 million in 2006, and predicted the 1987 stock market crash as you will see a little bit of in the video. He was also featured in Jack Swager's book Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders, which is a wonderful book of interviews of successful traders.

This video has recently popped back up on the web, which I thank fellow trader Darko for bringing to my attention. Instead of linking you an outside source for the video, I chose to host it myself here at SmartPip.com, should it ever try and vanish from the internet again.

This video is a wonderful insight of the trader's mindset that many do not ever get to see. Sure it is old news now, but the same intuition and emotions that you see him deal with in this video are still extremely relevant in today's trading environment. If you are a trader or working on becoming one, I highly recommend you watch this in it's entirety.

I truly hope you enjoy this video as I did, grab a cup of java, and watch it as much as you like, just click the picture of Paul to head to the video. I love the "Losers Average Losers" comment on his wall here by the way. If you like this video, please take a moment to leave any quick comment here on the blog. Thanks =)


ps. Take note that in one part of the video Paul talks about helping inner city children get into college. With a little research I found very recent talk that Paul gave where he discusses how that worked out. He calls it the Perfect Failure. If you wish to read this, please look for the PDF link right under the video, or just click the PDF logo if you have already seen the video.



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4 comments:

  1. Great video Chris. Thank so much for all the positives you bring to my trading career.

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  2. Great video, very interesting being able to relate. Thanks for posting!

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  3. Hi Chris
    I saw the part of the video in Firefox up to the point where he sells oil, then it stops

    Finn65

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