‘Big Short’ trader’s bet on gold puts $US3000 in sight

Alex Gluyas and James Thomson

Updated Feb 12, 2025 – 6.41pm, first published at 6.08pm

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He’s The Big Short hero who can no longer find much to short in the market.

Danny Moses is best known for being the head trader at FrontPoint Partners, the small Wall Street firm immortalised by writer Michael Lewis for making a reported $US750 million ($1.2 billion) by betting on the collapse of sub-prime mortgages in 2007.

Alex Gluyas is a markets reporter based in our Melbourne newsroom.

James Thomson is senior Chanticleer columnist based in Melbourne. He was the Companies editor and editor of BRW Magazine.