Steve Barta Email & Phone Number

Chicago Illinois

Licensed to sell Property, Casualty, Life and Health insurance in Illinois. Analyzed customer needs and developed appropriate insurance solutions. Conducted coverage reviews with insured upon policy renewal to increase business retention.

Chicago IL

• Electronically fill S+P futures using X Trader for 5 traders in the CBOE and the CME option pits. Additional responsibilities include:
• Accurately determine and disseminate the firm’s positions and risk to all traders via the squawk box and electronic chat.
• Execute option orders through floor brokers and Equitec software.
• Resolve out trades with traders and brokers.
• Coordinate the current market conditions to both trading floors while disseminating pertinent market news across the wire.

Chicago IL

• Became a member of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange to trade my own account.
• Scalped the E-mini Nasdaq futures from a cash based model.
• Developed spread models with X Trader and Excel to spread U.S. and German equity futures.

Chicago

• Promoted to trader and passed the Series 7 exam. Worked with teams of traders to develop and improve existing trading models.
• Initiated and established trading floor operations at the Chicago Stock Exchange to trade the QQQ.
• Became a member of the Chicago Stock Exchange and successfully traded the QQQ. While at the Chicago Stock Exchange I cultivated a working relationship with other exchange members and employees.
• Performed Nasdaq Cash vs. E-mini future trade. Acquired extensive experience using the Globex and Redi Plus software.
• Collaborated with fellow traders to develop corollaries that increased profitability. Feis Trading 1997-1999 Arbitrage clerk at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange
• Managed futures arbitrage desk that transacted orders between the CME Eurodollar pit and the CBOT 5 and 10-year note pits.

Greater Chicago Area

• Calculated Eurodollar spread positions for “local” traders and staffed the trading floor order desk.
• Resolved the firms trading floor out trades while working in conjunction with the back office staff.
• Developed a rapport with customers by accurately executing orders via the telephone arbitrage desk.