My Characters Are Actually Usually Pretty Smart

When The Last History Of High-frequency Trading Is Written, Hunsader, Like Joe Saluzzi And Sal Arnuk Of Themis Trading, Deserves A Prominent Place In It.

There Used To Be This Guy Called Vinny Who Worked On The Floor Of The Stock Exchange, Said One Big Investor Who Had Observed The Market For A Long Time. After The Markets Closed Vinny Would Get Into His Cadillac And Drive Out To His Big House In Long Island. Now There Is The Guy Called Vladimir Who Gets Into His Jet And Flies To His Estate In Aspen For The Weekend. I Used To Worry A Little About Vinny. Now I Worry A Lot About Vladimir

My Judgement Is Not Good When I Am On A Book Tour. I Am Not Thinking About It That Much. What Happens Is I Will Go Back Home. I Have A 4-year-old And A 1-year-old And A Wife Who Is Now Taking Care Of Them Who Is Wondering Where Her Husband Is.

Above All, Recognize That If You Have Had Success, You Have Also Had Luck — And With Luck Comes Obligation. You Owe A Debt, And Not Just To Your Gods. You Owe A Debt To The Unlucky.

In Their Leaders, Advisers, And Experts, People Much Prefer Overconfidence, Total Certainty, To Any Kind Of Doubt.