Leg the Spread

Welcome to the Trillion-Dollar Boys Club of Commodities Trading. In the Futures market, it's all about minimizing risk and maximizing your wallet. Buying something gives you one leg—selling something gives you another—and if you've got two legs to stand on, that's your spread. But it's more than being able to leg the spread. It's about surviving the vicious, cut-throat trading pits, where fortunes are made and lost in the blink of an eye, and tempers flare, with fistfights breaking out daily. Very few women brave this ultimate man's world—and even fewer succeed. This is the story of the women who beat the odds.