How one trader quickly turned a $30,000 wager on Venezuela action into $400,000

Jules Rimmer is a markets reporter in London.Rimmer spent more than 30 years as a trader and stockbroker in financial markets, starting at Salomon Brothers in the Liar’s Poker era, taking in ING Barings, Jefferies and ending it in emerging markets at Investec. He hung up his headset and pivoted to journalism in 2021.