MOST stock market enthusiasts might have come across “Margin Call”, a 2011 film that follows the key people at an investment bank, over a 24-hour period, during the early stages of the global financial crisis.
Margin Call tells a story about the volatility of trading prices and how a fire sale (when a firm sells everything at discounted prices when they are faced with large risks) works.
In the fast-paced film, John Tuld, the head of the firm, claims that there are three ways to make a living in the wall street or trading business: be first, be smarter, or cheat.
In the context of investing or trading, being first implies leading in terms of acting upon new information as opposed to a herd-behavior approach where you tend to follow the crowd.
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