***** * ********* ****** ** Frankfort, Illinois **423 815-***-**** acn36y@r.postjobfree.com

JAMES H. BUZZARD

Objective Use my experience in the commodity markets to help profit in the marketplace. Also, to educate and guide customers into making competent decisions in the market.

Experience 8/1998 – 10/2009 DT Trading/DFU LLC CME/CBOT

Position Manager

Managed the daily floor and back-office option delta and futures positions, balanced end of day position and money versus clearing house and the proprietary position analysis program used by DT Trading proprietary floor option traders. Provided end of day positions and P&L to the President/CEO

Published a daily technical analysis newsletter for a select group of traders in the Bond Options Pit at the CBOT/CME (2004-2009)

Worked with the President/CEO off floor with his managed account positions, balanced positions of other fund managers trading DT funds.

Managed DT Trading Grain Desk

6/1996-7/1998 ED&F Man Futures International CBOT

Retail Desk Manager

Managed the Retail Desk for the Index Division of ED&F Man Futures International. Desk was merged the ED&F Man Retail Desk. Was there until 7/1998. Desk was downsized due to lack of business.

6/1984-6/1996 Index Futures Group CBOT

Financial Floor Manager

Worked as Technical Analyst / Phone Clerk at the Institutional Bond Desk until 8/1987, became the Floor Manager for the Financial Trading Room at the CBOT overseeing the Institutional / Option / Retail Desks until 2/1993 position was downsized to Bond Desk Manager due to loss of institutional business by firm. Was reinstated back to Financial Floor Manager in 1/1996. Index Futures Group was bought out by ED&F Man Futures International in 6/1996

7/1982-6/1984 Goodman - Manaster CME/CBOT

Futures Account Clerk Manager

Managed the morning and night out-trade clerks, balanced positions and money, managed the T-Bill, Eurodollar, and CD desk at the CME until 7/1983. Was transferred to work at the Institutional Bond Desk at the CBOT.

3/1978-7/1982 Stotler and Company CBOT/CME

Futures Account Clerk Manager

Learned the futures business from the ground up.

Started as a runner at the CBOT, transferred to the CME (7/1978) where I was a phone clerk, out-trade clerk (morning and night), keypuncher, balanced daily positions and money.

Graduated to further positions of responsibility. Managed the night position and out-trade clerks, CME Currency Technical Analyst and Lumber Analyst, managed T-Bill desk.

Reason for leaving : Was provided better opportunity

(1971-1978) Buzzard Farms

General Labor

• General Farm Labor for Father and Uncle. My Brother and I rented our own acreage for profit and to provide for college expenses.

Education St. Elmo Community School System, St. Elmo, Illinois 62458 Graduated 1975

S.I.U.-Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois ( 1975- 1976) General Studies- Agriculture Major

Lakeland Community College, Mattoon, Illinois ( 1976-1978 ) Degree Applied Science- Production Agriculture

Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago, Illinois (1979) Technical Analysis

Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago, Illinois (1979) Financial Futures

Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago, Illinois ( 1983) Options Class For Members

Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago, Illinois ( 1998) Intermediate Options For Members

Interests Fishing, reading, music, outdoor sports.

Personal History Married to wife Pamela since April 14, 1979

Father to sons Zachary (age 25), Kyle (age 21), and daughter Leann (age 17)

Member of Liberty Christian Church Brownstown, Illinois

National Futures Association ( NFA ) ID # 0248506

C-MACE Member at the CME Group/CBOT since 1993