What’s your charade?

Is it your smarts?
Or great heaping will?
Perhaps it's your heart
Or conquering thrills
You've got some game
The options are many
Win at all costs
Spend every penny
The world wants to guess
As you prance and mime
But will you think less
If your interest's subprime
Calculate paths
Popular, easy
So that your magic
Compounds gains not sleazy
Fortitude's your friend
When you find your trick
A long story ends
With volumes so thick