Did your ego get dented by these really successful traders railing you?
Oh, yes. And, it went on for almost a year, day in, day out.
W`re you tempted to pick up your trading a little bit?
I did, but not for that reason. My backer, who had given me such a hard time when I was down, was the
prod. Although he didn't know that much about trading, he did give me one piece of very useful advice. Once I
started turning it around, he told me to increase my size. He said, "Tony, a banker makes his first loan and he is very
careful, but as he gets more comfortable, he makes his loans bigger. You need to increase your size."
How did the harassment you were taking on the floor finally end?
When they introduced puts in June 1980, the lead trader, who had given me the hardest time, hated them.
He said they were bad for the business and he didn't want to trade them. I seized that opportunity to really study
what puts would mean to us, and I was one of the first market makers to start trading puts.
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