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City. and card counting. and he did it until they kicked him out. it was a challenge. it wasn't for the money. it was the idea of being able to use your mind to trade profitably. >> eventually, john would become a trader at the philadelphia stock exchange and work with and mentor pete delici. >> john did everything to an extreme. so if he believed in something or he felt statistically or mathematically he had an edge, he would exploit that as much -- as big as he could. >> part of john's strategy was to have competitors on the trading floor underestimate him. >> he wore scrubs on the floor bec...

>> john would get depressed. not unfrequently. >> he'd go through times the where everything's going wrong. usually it got over quickly. >> they say that young john enjoyed nature, animals and -- >> he got into minerals, almost immediately he saw in the minerals something that he could trade and kind of make a profit on. >> john bender liked trading and was good at it. he was something of a numbers wiz and decided to use his math skills in casinos. >> he started going to atlantic city and card counting. and he did it until they kicked him out. it was a challenge. it wasn't for the money. it wa...

Whiz. and decided to use his math skill his in casinos. >> he started going to atlantic city. and card counting. and he did it until they kicked him out. it was a challenge. it was not for the money. it was the idea of being able to use your mind to create profitably. >> eventually, john would become a trader at the philadelphia stock exchange and work with and mentor pete delici. >> john did everything to an extreme. so if he believed in something or he felt that mathematically he had an edge, he would exploit that as big as he could. >> part of john's strategy was to have competitors on the ...

>> that very first meeting, ann tells john that she is bipolar. >> and he started telling me about his issues with mental illness in his own family and we started to talk about that. >> and about his own history with depression, which his parents say started at a young age. >> john would get depressed. not unfrequently. >> he would go through times of everything is going wrong, usually it got over quickly. >> they say that young john enjoyed nature, animals and. >> he got into minerals, almost immediately he saw in the minerals something that he could create and kind of make a profit on. >> jo...

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