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Thursday, 28 October 2021 10:31

Million Dollar Traders - BBC Reality TV Series

Million Dollar Traders Documentary is a British reality television series (2009) designed by hedge fund manager Lex van Dam, who attempted to recreate the famous Turtle Traders experiment designed by Richard Dennis in the 1980s. Eight regular people get a million dollars, fifteen days of intensive training and two months to run their own hedge fund. Hedge fund manager Lex van Dam wants to see if they Can make a killing and beat the professionals. The experience reveals the inner workings of a city trading floor. The money is provided by hedge fund manager Lex Van Dam: he expects a return on his investment. Yet no one foresees the financial crisis that awaits them. The traders were selected in the spring of 2008, before the US credit crisis accelerated. Successful candidates were selected, trained and sent to their specially created trading room in the heart of the Square Mile. Among them are an environmentalist, a military man, a boxing promoter, an entrepreneur, a retired computer consultant, a veterinarian, a student and a shopkeeper.

 

  Titles In This Series:

  • Million Dollar Traders - Part 1: Make Me A Trader.
  • Million Dollar Traders - Part 2: Profit And Loss.
  • Million Dollar Traders - Part 3: People Vs Profit.

 

Million Dollar Traders - Part 1: Make Me A Trader.

 

Eight regular people are given a million dollars each and are trained to run a hedge fund. The traders include an environmentalist and a soldier. As newbies learn the dark art of stock and equity trading, the financial markets begin to crumble. Making money comes after basic survival as the brutal realities of the global economics take their toll on traders. How are they doing? Will they secure a bonus or leave with nothing?

 

Million Dollar Traders - Part 2: Profit And Loss.

 

Newbie traders are struggling to ride the storm as stock markets around the world go haywire. Some take big risks, others lose their temper dramatically. Each member of the team becomes a little more comfortable in trading, while one contestant leaves.

 

Million Dollar Traders - Part 3: People Vs Profit.

 

The city's novice traders are struggling to cope amid a global credit crunch. With just a few weeks to go, the gap between those who trade well and those who aren't is widening, and Lex Van Dam is taking decisive action against the weaker ones in the group.  A number of the contestants leave due to disliking the working conditions, Lex hands out the remainder of his money and the remaining contestants find out how they have performed. At the close of trade on the last day, there are only three traders left, but will they manage to make a profit for Lex?

 

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