The only detail that The Guardian's Joris Luyendijk could share about this mysterious prop trader was that he ordered tea.

It's a small world he lives in, you see. And no prop trader wants to be known for talking to the media.

Prop traders, now a dying breed in the U.S. due to regulation that bars banks from trading with their own funds, are still alive in Europe. Luyendijk has been hunting them down and talking to them for his blog, 'Banking Blog, Going Native In The World Of Finance.' And just like the trader he spoke to in yesterday's column, today's emerging markets prop trader has a lot say.

What we found most interesting were the two principles this trader works from day in and day out (from The Guardian):


Also, he shared who he really thinks are the bad guys in the world of banking:




Read the rest of this interview at The Guardian>