No, this isn’t a spoof but it is very, very funny. According to Dealbreaker, PTJ wanted this documentary, which has gained cult status, with copies of the VHS original changing hands for hundreds of dollars online, pulled from circulation. Indeed, he bought up all the copies he could find.
After watching part one, which can now be found on YouTube, you’ll see why.
Go here for parts 2-7.
And courtesy of the Essentials of Trading, here’s the back cover of the original video case.
Is financial trading an art, science, profession or out-and-out gamble? If you’re interested in money and you want to know what it’s really like on Wall Street, this is the video you, your family, your colleagues and your friends should own. Filmed before Wall Street’s October 1987 crash, TRADER is a riviting one hour documentary of a fascinating man, Paul Tudor Jones II. It delivers a rarely seen view of futures trading and explains the workings of this frantic, highly charged marketplace. It gives viewers an inside look at his estate in Virginia, skiing in Gstaad, his New York apartment. It also examines Jones’ prediction that America is nearing the end of a 200-year bull market. If he’s right — and he almost always is — this country and the world are about to experience economic changes of unprecedented proportions.
Related link:
Paul Tudor Jones in Trader, A Blast From Wall Street’s Past – Gawker