[TradeRunner]

8 ordinary people given a million dollars and a couple of weeks training and let loose on the markets during July and August last year:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00gthhq

on tonight on BBC2.

[brownsfan019]

Interesting. If anyone knows a way for us yanks to watch it, let us know!



http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/watchlive/ - tried going there but says not available in your area.

[MidKnight]

I'll keep an eye out for any TV rips...

[brownsfan019]

Found a rip of the first one.

Google 'thebox' (all 1 word). First search result will take you to a torrent site. From there search for Million Dollar Traders (after registering) and off you go. Very quick download, have not watched yet though.

[BlowFish]

I quite enjoyed it though being reality TV don't expect anything too illuminating.

[firewalker]

Originally Posted by brownsfan019 »

Interesting. If anyone knows a way for us yanks to watch it, let us know!



http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/watchlive/ - tried going there but says not available in your area.

You can always use an IP proxy so it will look as though you are behind a UK ISP.

Anyway, I thought the guys in the show were looking to much at the newspapers and too little at their screens

[atto]

I wonder what kind of training these people actually got. It seems they have below typical retail trading knowledge, and are hooked trading after the fact news. I see a few trendlines on their screen, but they seem pretty clueless.

Also, I wonder what they're doing all day. Going nearly a week with no positions, and planning to hold positions for "weeks" (on a very limited total time limit)... hm. If this guy was trying to make some Turtles, he's not doing it in the right way. Then again, this was just the first episode, so they could blow everyone out of the water by the end.

[firewalker]

Originally Posted by atto »

I wonder what kind of training these people actually got. It seems they have below typical retail trading knowledge, and are hooked trading after the fact news. I see a few trendlines on their screen, but they seem pretty clueless.

Also, I wonder what they're doing all day. Going nearly a week with no positions, and planning to hold positions for "weeks" (on a very limited total time limit)... hm. If this guy was trying to make some Turtles, he's not doing it in the right way. Then again, this was just the first episode, so they could blow everyone out of the water by the end.

Yeah, I was kind of scratching my head on that too. They received some "complex technical analysis", but I don't really see any of that in their trading decisions...

Also beats me why anyone needs to be in the office two hours before the markets open. Unless they need to go through all the newspapers, which seems to be the case ...