Chicago Pits floor trading was capitalism at its most feral
I traded at the world’s three largest futures exchanges: Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, London International Financial Futures Exchange. There was a premium on one human quality: aggression. Now, that futures and options are traded electronically, the premium is on brains and human analysis. Bill Walker is author of the Skywalker hiking books. His most recent book is a novel about the Chicago futures business. Chicago Pits (2018). It is available in paperback on www.amazon.com and e-books are on...
read more‘Chicago Pits’ Is in the Vein of Wolf of Wall Street and Bonfire of the Vanities
Bill Walker’s new novel, Chicago Pits, is satirical in the vein of The Bonfire of the Vanities or Wolf of Wall Street. One is bound to never view our nation’s financial markets the same again, after reading Walker’s account of the savagery on the trading floor in Chicago. He should know what he is talking about having worked at The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), Chicago Board of Trade (CBT), and London International Financial Futures Exchange (LIFFE).
read more‘Chicago Pits’ Goes on Sale on Amazon
Chicago Pits, written by Bill Walker, a former broker at the world’s three largest futures and option exchanges, including senior broker for Kidder Peabody, a leading Wall Street Company, has gone on sale at www.amazon.com. The link is: https://www.amazon.com/Chicago-Pits-Mr-Bill-Walker/dp/1981143289/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1516292918&sr=8-1&keywords=chicago+pits This suspense novel tells the tale of a near-seven-foot-tall Alabaman who hears of great riches being made in the Chicago commodities pit. He moves to Chicago,...
read moreSkywalker Releases Novel about Chicago Futures and Options Markets
B Bill Walker, author of the Skywalker hiking series, has just released his long-in-the-works novel about the Chicago futures and options business. It is entitled, Chicago Pits. It is a surprisingly savage tale of life on a futures and options trading floor, written by someone who worked and traded at the world’s three largest futures and options exchanges.
read moreSkywalker Hiking Books a Good Christmas Gift
Let’s face it–Christmas shopping can take on an obligatory cast. What to buy. My experience is that gifts that ‘enable’ make the best Christmas gifts. How about some long-distance hiking narratives to plant seeds in the recipients minds. I was 44 years-old and had never spent the night outside when I decided to attempt to thru-hike the 2,175 mile Appalachian Trail. I was so taken with the experience that I decided to write a narrative about the journey; it sold well and I have since done other long treks and written...
read moreFree Upload of Skywalker Hiking Books
Today and tomorrow, December 5th and 6th, Bill Walker’s series of Skywalker hiking books will be available for free upload on Amazon Kindle. These include: Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail The Best Way–El Camino de Santiago Tall Tales–The Great Talisman of Height
read moreOutdoor Writing is a Rich Genre
Even amateurs can hike the world’s great hiking trails, get the journeys of their lifetimes, and write their life stories. Bill Walker is author of Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail and The Best Way–El Camino de Santiago.
read moreGOYASH (Get Off Your Ass Start Hiking)
The motto for the Appalachian Trail Club of Florida is GOYASH. It means Get Off Your Ass. Start Hiking. Bill Walker is the author of Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail.
read moreAppalachian Trail Sees Record Numbers in Wake of Bill Bryson Film
The gold standard has always been 2,000 thru-hikers wannabe’s a year. But that has changed and the number is closer to 3,000 this year. Of course, only about 20 or 25 % of them will make it all the way to Mount Katahdin in northern Maine. Nonetheless, it’s great news. Short of loss of life or serious bodily injury, a thru-hike attempt inevitably becomes a highlight of a person’s life. It is a shout of freedom that few people get in our hyper-modernized, electronic society. Bill Walker is the author of the Skywalker hiking...
read moreAmazon Prime Members Can Upload Skywalker Hiking Books For Free
Amazon Prime customers. Now available for free on Amazon Kindle: The popular Skywalker hiking books by 7-foot tall, Bill Walker. 1. Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trai 2.Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail 3. The Best Way–El Camino de Santiago 4. Getting High–The Annapurna Circuit in Nepal 5. Tall Tales–The Great Talisman of Height
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