Proprietary Derivatives Trader

Working on proprietary strategies to take advantage of inefficiencies in the derivatives markets and produce profits for the firm.• Developed several automated strategies and processes to trade and monitor risk across a universe of derivative instruments • Managed a team of traders and managed risk across various instruments• Developed business plan and executed it to drive profits and maximize growth within the group• Interacted closely with risk manager, outside business partners, software developers, and other senior business leaders in the firm• Produced excellent RIO; multiples of invested capital with low standard deviation. Sharpe Ratio > 6

Joined this quickly-expanding market making company to start up their equity options operation in London. Built a team of traders and made markets, electronically and for brokers, in German and Dutch equity options markets.• Registered Exchange Trader for Eurex/Deutschland/eurex Zurich and Euronext Amsterdam markets• Established new broker relationships and provided liquidity to 12 European brokerage houses• Coordinated the team's risk management matrix and complied detail profit and risk reports to CEO.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------From May 2010, was tasked with growing a new office in North America to expand into US marketplace.• Head of Treasuries Trading Desk• Lead a team trading in the 30, 10 and 5 year treasury products• Provided high and consistent trading returns with exceptionally low variance• Probed new areas, products and trading strategies to further expand US product presence• Started equity options trading desk and helped build it to 30+ products on 4 exchanges in 4 months

Traded as a market maker in several pits on the floor of the AMEX. Showed consistent profitable returns each trading year. Was promoted to options specialist for last seven months with the firm.•  Traded over 120 equity options and 10 index option products. Risk managed portfolio.•  Responsible for pricing the volatility of products, balancing customer order flow, managing portfolio, and verifying trades and profits•  Managed a team of four traders in different cities trading multiple index products• Options Specialist (1 year) - Provided continuous electronic markets in 55 equity option products. Interacted with crowd and brokers to ensure fair price and execution of customer orders

• Assisted AMEX options specialists in executing trades and disseminating markets• Worked with senior traders in NY to learn options theory and real world trading skills• Attended a 3-month exhaustive course on option theory/trading, currencies, swaptions, CDX