56 Whistler Rd
Scarsdale, NY 10583
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PROFESSIONAL HEADLESS HORSEMAN TRADING, LLC. New York, NY
EXPERIENCE Principal, 7/03 � Present
Options Market Maker / AMEX Member
� Created and manage small options trading firm.
� Traded a derivative portfolio of 25-45 stocks and supervised 100+ other positions.
� Achieved returns in excess of 40% annually.
� Utilized various money making strategies such as: dispersion trading within industry groups and indexes, risk arbitrage, pairs trading, relative skew trading amongst industry piers, dividend and interest rate arbitrage.
BEAR WAGNER SPECIALISTS (Bear, Stearns & Co.) New York, NY Vice President, 10/97 � 7/03
Options Specialist / AMEX Member, 12/99 � 7/03
� Maintain a fair and orderly market while trading options for the firms proprietary account for which I have sole discretion.
� Achieved a P+L of two million dollars for each of the three years as an exchange member and have been in the top two out of approximately 20 traders throughout the same time span.
� Traded in securities that have presented many challenging situations for option traders including: takeovers of all forms, spin-offs, bankruptcies, special dividends, convertibles, rights issues, warrants, etc.
� Specialized in dozens of companies, most notably: Dupont, Newmont Mining, Ericsson Telephone, LSI Logic, FedEx, Washington Mutual, Micron Technology, ConocoPhillips, Mylan Laboratories, Chiron, and Wireless HOLDERs Trust.
� Profitable in 42 out of 44 months.
Equities Analyst / Generalist, 10/97 � 12/99
� Covered a diverse group of over 300 companies spanning 36 different sectors, concentrating on a subset of approximately half a dozen sectors and 40 companies.
� Personably responsible for hiring and training all new hires, building the department from two to eight people.
� Interacted with senior management at these respective companies through company visits, analyst presentations, and company conference calls in order to properly evaluate business prospects and how that will translate into the price of its stock.
� Acted as primary liaison to senior management of our specialist companies, keeping them abreast of market developments and trading activities.
� Advised specialists and senior management of fundamental changes in our companies that may affect our short term trading strategies.
� Traded risk arbitrage positions when one of our companies would become engaged in M&A activities.
� Traded intermediate term positions for the firm account based upon my analysis.
� Hedged our portfolio of ADRs with ordinary shares and their respective currencies.
� Identified, recommended, and traded short term positions based on monitoring peer groups of our specialist stocks.
RANDONEE TRADING CO. New York, NY
4/90 - 5/93
Natural Gas Trader / NYMEX member, 12/91 - 5/93
� Made markets on spreads and outright futures contracts.
� Traded speculative positions on most exchange traded commodities, currencies, and indices using futures and options.
� Managed a staff of one clerk and two analysts.
Trading Analyst, 4/90 � 12/91
� Assisted in managing a large energy options account during the turbulence caused by the Gulf War.
� Analyzed technical and fundamental data on the entire energy complex.
� Hedged delta position via a �point-relay� system between the options and futures pits and analyzed all other market exposures for the above account.
� Maintained the integrity of NYMEX transactions through trade reconciliation.
OPPENHEIMER AND CO., INC. New York, NY
Stock broker trainee 8/89 - 4/90
� Assisted in sales and administrative responsibilities regarding clients, accounts, and financial services.
� Solicited prospective accounts and qualified sales leads.
EDUCATION STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY Albany, NY
Bachelor of Science, August 1996
Major: Mathematics
Minor: Business Administration
� Completed Chartered Financial Analyst Program, level 1 spring 1999
� Completed Chartered Market Technicians Program, level 1 spring 1999
PROFESSIONAL Series 3, 7, 24, 55, 63
LICENSES
COMPUTER Proficient with Bloomberg, Track Data, AT Financial, Microhedge, Reuters and several
SKILLS other financial related software packages.