First published 2014
The financial markets are rigged, and a group of mavericks is fighting back. "Flash Boys" exposes the high-speed traders gaming the system, using complex algorithms to front-run the market and profit off tiny price discrepancies. But one programmer, Brad Katsuyama, has had enough. He assembles a team of industry outcasts to build a new, transparent stock exchange - IEX - that levels the playing field. In a David-and-Goliath battle, they take on the titans of Wall Street and their ferocious quest for an edge, no matter the cost.
Genres: business, economics, non-fiction, technology, 21st-century, finance
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: david-and-goliath, underdog
Setting: Wall Street
Period: 21st Century
274 pages · Hardcover · W. W. Norton & Company