Texas-born oilman Nelson Bunker Hunt tried to buy all the world’s silver in an attempt to control the market for the precious metal. Instead he brought about its biggest crash.

The story of this Hong Kong conglomerate that got into trouble after misusing forex derivatives is a family affair and – unusually – involves a woman.

To further the conversation sparked by our Contrarian Trader, we reached out to previous TraderLife interviewees to ask them to weigh in with their opinion...

In this new series we are introducing a member of the TraderLife team who has a reputation for his ‘against the grain’ views, so much so that we feel it's time ...

As part of our Trading Legends series, we profile the man who brought the trading world the hallowed terminal, and foresaw the arrival of 24/7 instant news. It's Michael Bloomberg...

Copper trading king Yasuo Hamanaka excelled in his job. Unfortunately he did so through market manipulation, for which he paid a high price...

Japanese housewife Yukiko Ikebe taught herself to trade, which brought her enormous financial success. Then she helped other women to do the same...

2008 was generally not a good year for finance. But Leda Braga, then managing the BlueTrend hedge fund, made an astonishing 43% return. Here's how...

Considered the most powerful female hedge fund manager in the world, managing $10 billion in assets... this is the story of Leda Braga

The Grand Dame of Dividends, Geraldine Weiss found success in blue chip stocks at a time when sexism was rife. In our latest Trading Legend article, we chart her inspirational ...