Schwartz makes us a part of the action as we follow his career from his first gut-wrenching day trading options on the American Stock Exchange to his enormous successes trading futures, his pursuit of secretive foreign money for his hedge fund, the night he spent trading bonds during the Gulf War (in that first tumultuous night, he made $1.2 million by dawn), and the often painful yet valuable personal lessons he learned the hard way. Appended to each chapter are fascinating "lessons" Schwartz has learned about the financial markets - where you'll learn about the attitude, style, and strategies that make Schwartz a winner. for the real nuts and bolts, turn to the end of the book and plunge into "The Pit Bull's Guide to Successful Trading," a manual covering Schwartz's favorite trading methods, market analysis tools, newsletters, and indicators.