電影背景設定為全球金融重鎮華爾街，一位知名電視財經專家李蓋茲（喬治克隆尼 飾）在電視財經節目「金錢怪獸」中擔任主持人而聲名大噪，在節目中經常出現瘋狂舉動，會大聲說出投資建議，不時在節目中用搞笑的道具和音效介紹股市。然而，事實上他是透過內線消息讓他在華爾街成為賺錢高手。一名不速之客（傑克歐康納 飾）因為聽信投資分析而賠光積蓄，因此在節目直播中綁架了蓋茲與節目製作人派蒂芬恩(茱莉亞羅勃茲 飾)。同時全國民眾也透過電視在看著這場玩命直播，而這場挾持行動也揭發了背後更巨大的金融操弄醜聞。

Rogue Trader tells the true story of Nick Leeson, an employee of Barings Bank who--after a successful trading run--ends up accumulating $1.4 billion in losses hidden in account #88888.

不明智的金融操縱並沒有因 2008 年市場崩盤而告終。相反地，銀行家利用中國公司來欺詐投資者。

突然崛起的支付公司 Wirecard 大獲成功，令金融業刮目相看，一群鍥而不捨的記者卻揭發這家公司的大規模詐欺。

After the American Civil War, Jim Fisk, a former peddler and cotton smuggler, arrives in New York, along with his partners Nick and Luke, where he struggles to make his way through the treacherous world of Wall Street's financial markets.

Salesman develops a fake stock plan in new invention before it is finished.

Herbie Altman is framed for Stock fraud by his boss when the SEC starts investigating his company. Sent to prison, he helps a fellow inmate successfully invest his money. Soon all the inmates want his help. To manage all the money, he forms CON INC. and runs it from the prison under the noses of the warden and the guards. But when the IRS and SEC begin to investigate this successful company, it looks like he may be in trouble again