Leg the Spread: Adventures Inside the Trillion-Dollar Boys' Club of Commodities Trading

"This is a rip-roaring view of one woman's life in the trading pits of Chicago. Cari Lynn finds a world populated by larger-than-life characters, high-stakes risk-taking, and excess in all its forms. We follow along as she evolves from an innocent, overwhelmed by the sights, sounds and smells of the male chauvinists who dominate the trading floor, to an astute observer of what goes on amid the hard-drinking, fist-pounding, foul-mouthed mob."" The Economist

Elle magazine's "Reader's Prize"

"Leg the Spread is a kind book about a cruel world. If you're a woman, Cari Lynn's salty memoir will hearten you. If you're a man, it will embarrass you. If you're greedy, it might empower you regardless of your gender because the money can be unbelievable." The Boston Globe

"Downright riveting . . .Leg the Spread is a skilled presentation of the sights, sounds, and even smells of a world that few women—or men, for that matter—ever truly understand." Publishers Weekly

The New York Post, "Required Reading"

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. Anyone can make money by legging the spread, but if you're a woman, you need something else: the presence, the savvy and the stomach to run with the bulls and make your own way in this ultimate boys' club.