James William Azzariti

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Manhattan, New York 10038

646-***-****

ofmav9@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE: A driven professional seeks a challenging position with a company dealing with financial markets.

EXPERIENCE:

Prime International Trading, LLC. Manhattan, New York

Commodities Futures Trader August 2008 to August 2009

• Traded commodity future contracts in gold, sugar, dollar index, coffee, and cotton for an upstairs desk and exchange floor trading firm.

• Specified in trading out-right futures and various spreads. Held positions for long-term time intervals as well as intra-day trading.

• Made trading decisions using knowledge of both fundamental and technical analysis. Combined market flow and charting techniques while executing numerous risk/reward models and scenarios.

Prime International Trading LLC. Manhattan, New York

Commodities Options Clerk September 2006 to August 2008

• On three different exchange floors (ICE, COMEX & NYMEX) managed and trained a team of four clerks in crude oil, sugar, cotton, cocoa, & coffee option rings for seven traders.

•Executed trades with outright futures, options, various types of spreads, exotics, swaps and swaptions for traders’ positions. Handled breaks, confirmations, and allocations. Reconciled multiple financial and trading account statements for numerous positions. Hedged gamma and deltas in addition to vega and theta parameters.

• Experience with a variety of computer programs and platforms such as Whentech, Future Source, Bloomberg, TMS, TIPS, Globe-ex, RTS, TT X-Trader, CQG, Onyx, and Web-ICE.

Professional Future Services Manhattan, New York

Commodities Futures Phone Clerk June 2006 to September 2006

• Gained knowledge of commodities and trading strategies specifically in natural gas, as well as market conditions, regulations and the financial preferences of clients in the industry.

• Handled customer orders placed over the booth phone on the Nymex floor in natural gas. Allocated futures positions and placed orders through company brokers.

Walter J. Dowd Inc. New York Stock Exchange Manhattan, New York

Internship December 2005 to January 2006, (2nd internship) June2005 to July 2005

• Firm specialized in risk arbitrage M & A. Learned how to execute buy and sell orders of securities on the floor of NYSE based on market quotation, competition in the market, and customer specification. Ran ticket orders and allocated them through NyFix system.

Computers

Efficient background in computers. Experience in numerous programs, models and platforms. Also have experience in hardware issues such as installation, builds, and repairs.

EDUCATION: University at Buffalo Buffalo, New York

Bachelors of the Arts 2006

Major: Economics

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