The Big Shot Trader
The Big Shot Trader takes the reader into the rarified world of the market trading, a world driven by money, status and power and where minor issues like ethics and legality are only obstacles to be overcome.
Kerpal has just landed a job working as a trader at an investment bank. He’s about to crash land into a seat where the pressure and expectations are sky high and the tolerance for naivety and mistakes is close to zero. Follow his journey as he fumbles through work, love and family all whilst trying to discover what it takes to be a big dog.
The Big Shot Trader is a fast-paced comedy with real insight into the world of finance and the sacrifices, risks and moral choices that those in the industry make in order to survive, thrive and get paid.
The author, Mitesh G. Desai, is a former trader (Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, and Royal Bank of Canada) who knows the industry first-hand.