Chicago 2017
If you want to become part of this industry it is important to know who came before you and what they did to form the markets into what they are today.
My Journey Through the Financial Industry – Amy Shelly
Amy Shelly - OCC Go find your friends. That’s the start of your networking skills. Learn how to go up and talk to people. Have a conversation, be interested in what they're saying and tell them what you're looking for and what interests you. In this video from...
Breaking Down Managed Futures – Jay Feuerstein
Jay Feuerstein - Budo Group It’s a strategy that makes money over time, but actually makes a lot of money when the world blows up. In this video from MarketsWiki Education’s World of Opportunity event in Chicago, Jay Feuerstein, managing director at Budo Group, talks...
How to Build a Successful Brand – David Kelbaugh
David Kelbaugh - Tacklebox Your product or service is how you make your money, your brand is how you'll be remembered. In this video from MarketsWiki Education’s World of Opportunity event in Chicago, David Kelbaugh, CEO of Tacklebox, breaks down the benefits of...
It’s All About the Reach – Julie Armstrong Menacho
Julie Menacho Armstrong - CME Group You don’t have to [meet] every credential and be an ‘A’ on all of it to get to that next role. You just have to believe you can do it, and you need to make others believe you can do it. In this video from MarketsWiki Education’s...
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.’ That’s not the issue anymore. In this video from...
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. In this video from MarketsWiki Education’s World of Opportunity event...
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. Within two years, there will only be five of you left in...
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. In this video from MarketsWiki Education’s World of Opportunity...
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 isn’t really a place for a nice girl like me. In this video from...
Global Trading Markets, Disruptive Tech and Entrepreneurship – Julie Lerner
Julie Lerner - PanXchange You can’t be and entrepreneur until you get that big idea. And that idea needs to be so big it feels like a curse as much as a blessing in the sense that you know you have to go do it. In this video from MarketsWiki Education’s World of...
Trust and Transitions – Pat Kenny
Patrick Kenny - CQG You never know who you might be sitting next to right now. It might be someone you run into 20 or 35 years from now and that might be the person that gives you the break you need. In this video from MarketsWiki Education’s World of Opportunity...
From Golfing to Trading: Decision-Making is Key – Rich Mackey
Rich Mackey - RCG When you treat everyone fairly, you inspire loyalty. In this video from MarketsWiki Education’s World of Opportunity event in Chicago, Rich Mackey, executive vice president, strategic initiatives for Rosenthal Collins Group, reminisces about his time...
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