Risk of Ruin

Bill Perkins is Not Afraid

May 6, 2023

44:45

Highlights

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Episode notes

Learning Poker Is Fun, Right?

02:36

Energy Trading - The Fall of Enron

01:39

How to Get a Different Bill Perkins in a Head Up Match

01:40

Introduction

2min

What Happened to Bill Perkins?

2min

The Life of a Slacker

2min

What I Learned About Options Trading

2min

I'm a Counterbroker and I've Got a Dream Job, Right?

2min

The Trade of Enron

2min

Energy Trading - The Fall of Enron

2min

The Gopher Brook Strategy - The Greatest Hedge Fund Loss Ever

3min

How Much Should You Bet?

2min

10.

The Most Money I Made Trading at Suntaurus

2min

11.

Finding the Hidden Meaning in the Chaos

2min

12.

Commodity Trading Is Not One Big Casino

2min

13.

I Can't Get Out Because No One Wants to Sell or Buy

2min

14.

Trade Your Own Money

2min

15.

Investing to Make Money Not to Be Your Monkey

2min

16.

Poker, I Don't Get the Gamble, Right?

2min

17.

Learning Poker Is Fun, Right?

3min

18.

How to Get a Different Bill Perkins in a Head Up Match

2min

19.

How to Be Rich Before You're 30

6min

Bill Perkins is a natural gas trader, a minor celebrity in the poker world, and the author of "Die With Zero." Bill talks about his start in the markets and becoming an energy trader. He tells the story of almost blowing up during an extremely cold winter.

Links:

Die With Zero
https://www.diewithzerobook.com/

Bill's Twitter
https://twitter.com/bp22

Bill's Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/billperkins/?hl=en

WSJ Article titled "The Last Cowboy"
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bill-perkins-is-the-last-cowboy-betting-on-volatile-gas-markets-1501844400

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