confused by what they were doing, and they were equally confused by what I was trying to sell them.
At least you understood futures as an instrument.
Right. And with that limited knowledge, I bumbled through my first few meetings. Then I really got pretty
good at it.
Were these hedging accounts?
Yes, all pure hedging accounts. By May 1977,1 was making $2,000 a month in commissions. That was a
tremendous amount of money for me.
Was this all in the Ginnie Mae market?
At that point, yes. Previously, I had done some brokerage in other commodity markets such as wheat, hogs,
and pork bellies.
Who were those trades for?
Just accounts I had opened by cold calling—people who really didn't understand that they could lose, and
when they lost, they were always upset.
Were you giving them trading suggestions?
Pretty much.
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