by john | Sep 1, 2017 | Careers, Chicago 2017, Markets, old
How to Overcome Challenges – John Damgard John Damgard – Futures Industry Association There never used to be any competition in the futures markets anywhere else in the world. People used to say, ‘If you want to manage your risk you have to come to Chicago.’...
by john | Aug 31, 2017 | Careers, Chicago 2017, Markets, old
The Game of Trading – Michael Patak Michael Patak – Topstep Trader If you look at this from a game mentality, you can get trading down. You don’t have to be a Harvard grad or anything like that. You can be a country boy from Nebraska. Michael Patak Founder...
by john | Aug 30, 2017 | Careers, Chicago 2014, Markets, old
Exchanges, Dark Pools and Other Market Places – Jeromee Johnson, BATS Global Markets Jeromee Johnson – BATS Global Markets You can absolutely gain as much and learn as much from those failures as you can from the things that work. Jeromee Johnson Vice...
by john | Aug 30, 2017 | Careers, Chicago 2017, Markets, old
Your Future Starts with You – Paul Georgy Paul Georgy – Allendale, Inc. We were gung-ho we were going to be commodity brokers. When one of the speakers walked into the room, he said, within one year, half of you are no longer going to be in business....
by john | Aug 29, 2017 | Careers, Chicago 2017, Markets, old
How to be a Successful Trader – Jennifer Wilson Jennifer Wilson – DRW People who do well, they stick around. They invest more money and make the markets more efficient. People who don’t do well generally move on pretty quickly to other opportunities....
by john | Aug 28, 2017 | Careers, Chicago 2017, Markets, old
How I Discovered My WILD Side – Leslie Sutphen Leslie Sutphen -Financial Markets Consulting LLC I didn’t like the floor very much… It was the [CBOE], which wasn’t quite as rough and tumble as the futures floor, but I still felt kind of like this...
