by MWEdAdmin | Aug 4, 2021 | Open Outcry Traders History Project
The CEO of tastytrade, Tom Sosnoff, was interviewed by John Lothian News for the Open Outcry Traders History Project. Sosnoff was a trader on the floor of the CBOE for 20 years after growing up in New York. He moved to Chicago at the behest of some co-workers at his...
by MWEdAdmin | May 4, 2021 | Open Outcry Traders History Project
QUANTITATIVE BROKERS’ EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN TOM ASCHER RECALLS HIS DAYS TRADING ON FLOOR In Part Two of the JLN interview with Tom Ascher for the Open Outcry Traders History Project, Ascher talks about getting involved in exchange politics. He joined CBOE’s board and...
by MWEdAdmin | May 4, 2021 | Open Outcry Traders History Project
QUANTITATIVE BROKERS’ EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN TOM ASCHER RECALLS HIS DAYS TRADING ON FLOOR Tom Ascher was interviewed by John Lothian News over Zoom for the Open Outcry Traders History Project. Ascher traded at the Chicago Board Options Exchange, and after getting into...
by MWEdAdmin | Apr 15, 2021 | Open Outcry Traders History Project
Mike Cavanaugh found his way to the trading industry despite his degree in political science because he had a brother-in-law in the wheat pit at the CBOT. He did a summer internship working for “one of the more prolific wheat traders” and soon fell in love with the...
by MWEdAdmin | Jan 27, 2021 | Open Outcry Traders History Project
Olivier Raevel is the first trader from the International Petroleum Exchange, or IPE, to be interviewed for the JLN MarketsWiki Education Open Outcry Traders History Project. He made history as a founding member of ICE and recommended that ICE buy the IPE. He was...
by MWEdAdmin | Nov 18, 2020 | Open Outcry Traders History Project
Andy Tan is a former floor broker on SIMEX for Merrill Lynch. He was in the SIMEX trading pits with Merrill Lynch for almost 15 years. As SIMEX migrated to the screen, Tan made a successful transition upstairs with Merrill Lynch focusing on index arbitrage across...
