Ryan Stopka Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

I served as an intern at Zero Plus Trading Derivatives during the summer of 2022. The company deals with high frequency trading with stock, equity, and ETF option spreads. The company also competes with large names, a major one being Citadel.Accomplishments- Arrived before the start of the day, around 7:30, alone, to set up the essential personal computers my co-workers traded with.- Set up and monitored over 50 different, highly complex, artificial intelligence trading softwares, that were critical to the companies success.- Analyzed successful trades, why they were successful, and finding similar trades that would be profitable.- Coming up with new complex spread combinations to try and find spreads that could generate profit.- Hands-on trading experience with option spreads worth thousands of dollars.- Collaborated with my co-workers, who have decades of experience in trading, to improve my trading knowledge.- Stayed after the bell every day for hours to analyze the day and strategize for the days to follow.

I served as the Captain of the varsity basketball team for my high school my senior year. Getting to this position was a climb up a mountain for me. I had moved to my high school, where I served captain at, my sophomore year. I had to work extremely hard to even get a chance of making the team. I kept working hard and made my way up the ladder to become captain my senior year.Accomplishments- Helped transition a very young team to become mature and own their roles.- Coached the team to become better and more successful by holding everyone accountable.- Led the team in drills with my work ethic and drive to be better.- Collaborated with the coach about how our team could become more successful.- Analyzed game and practice film to fine-tune mistakes and tendencies.