On the trading floor we used to refer to traders w/ puffed up false egos and shrinking account balances as “Swimmin’ in da’Nile”. Working for the various institutional firms on the CBoT we certainly had our false egos too. But one thing we could all see clear as gin was the calm dignity that the heavy hitters displayed as they moved though the crowds. Guys like Tom Baldwin, and the late Charlie D, who traded thousands of contracts at a time as easily as I trade a handful of mini pounds, and the big filling brokers who executed 100’s of thousands of contracts for their clients, would come across as calm and even ... (full story)