Trader

Prior to the twenty-first century and the economic instability that now seems commonplace, the world of stock trading was an exciting, unpredictable, every-man-for-himself playground for the best and the brightest. Covering the years leading up to the 1987 stock market crash, Trader provides a behind-the-scenes look at the wild frontier that was the stock market, and at how those who risked their fortunes each day imagined the future might unfold.

The film centres on Paul Tudor Jones II, one of the few traders to both predict and profit from the 1987 crash. Jones explores the frantic, breakneck pace of the stock market at the time, reflects on America’s two-hundred-year bull market, analyses its causes, and predicts a devastating end to the run. Many of the economic changes he foresaw can be observed in today’s financial markets, making Trader an especially compelling insight into the mindset of elite traders.