"Options, Options" is the fifth episode of Season 3 (the lost season!) of Wall Street Warriors – a 10-part Docu-Reality Series that was shot on Wall Street during the meltdown that lead to The Great Recession. Episode 1 starts with rumors of an impending crisis... by episode 10 there are near riots outside the New York Stock Exchange.
The first episode of Season 3 (the lost season!) of Wall Street Warriors – a 10-part Docu-Reality Series that was shot on Wall Street during the meltdown that lead to The Great Recession. Episode 1 starts with rumors of an impending crisis... by episode 10 there are near riots outside the New York Stock Exchange.

Episode 5:
The stock brokers, Phil and Ken, are still in Miami trying to salvage their trip by pitching to two wealthy Florida lawyers. They aren't an easy sell and Phil has to turn on the charm to win them over.
In New York, we meet a new start up hedge fund manager, Ron, who is anxiously pitching Rich his fund. Rich isn't impressed by Ron's flat numbers but will give him money if the numbers improve.
On the Chicago trading floors, Doug discusses how, as the son of steel workers, he ended up in the financial markets.
Picking up from the competition in Episode 4, Tony and his team now trade real money and hope to beat his rival "Q" as the highest earners of the day. Stress peaks as the market closes and all await the final numbers. Tony is overjoyed to find Q turns out to be dead last.
Later, Ken's wife flies to Miami to see the house her husband bought her. She's not exactly happy that he made such a big decision without asking her. Ken nervously shows her the new house. She loves it but starts arguing about how difficult moving her whole life down to Miami is going to be.

DRAMATIS PERSONAE:

1.) THE FLOOR TRADERS:
DOUG (SPX Trader)
BEN (Volatility Trader)

The show captures the visceral thrill of trading hand-to-hand in the open outcry pits in Chicago. We profile how these two working-class guys became the business world’s least-likely tycoons. We follow them as they trade the ups-and-downs of the market with their own money. Colorful characters abound on all sides of these tight-knit but cut-throat environments. However, these masters of the free market may prove vulnerable as computers begin making the open-outcry obsolete.

THE ONLINE BROKERAGE HOUSE:
KRISTINE (CFO)
TONY (options trader)

This pioneering and edgy firm is the future of Wall Street. Cutting out the middle man and going right to a growing class of new private traders, Thinkorswim’s CFO, Kristi Ross, fights to keep the start-up growing and running smoothly while nearby Tony Battista trades his own money and shows people how they, too, can make it in the markets. However, when the credit crisis hit all the rules of the game change on them.

3.) THE HEDGE FUNDE: RICHARD

The man with the money, Rich Taglianetti is a jet-setter who puts together some
of the wealthiest clients on the planet with some of the best undiscovered
hedge fund managers. With a knack for finding great Wall Street talent, he's the
guy who makes the rich richer.

4.) THE STOCK BROKERS:
PHILIP & KEN

Philip and his brother, Ken, run their own brokerage firm located right on Wall
Street. With great style and attitude, they try to capture high profile
celebrity clients and keep them happy by growing their money in these
turbulent times. When the markets begin to crash, things don’t go quite as
planned.