Manager Specialist
Resume:
James Matthew Pirkle
Yardley, PA 19067
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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Seventeen year veteran of trading derivative products
Twelve years of management experience
. Multi-million dollar net profit producer year over year for entire
career
. Broad experience trader in: Single Stock Equity Options, ETF Options,
Index Options, Cash-Settled
Sector Index Options, Special Situation Arbitrage, Electronic Option
Trading, Equity Option Automated
Market-Making, Stock Loan Trading, Equity Long/Short and Automated
Equity Trading Strategies
Accomplished at designing and managing electronic trading platforms
for volatility and equities
Series 7 Registered and CFA Level One Candidate
WORK EXPERIENCE
TORO Trading, LLC, January 2011-May 2011
120 Broadway New York, NY 10279 20th Floor
Equity Derivative Trader
. Veteran equity derivative trader responsible for managing a large
portfolio of listed equity option products
covering the basic materials, metals, energy, and technology sectors
. Currently using vendor software programs and in-house trading models
to identify and execute single-
stock volatility strategies in numerous listed equity option products
via proprietary trading, electronic market-
making and interacting with inter-dealer broker order flow
. Using experience in electronic trading to advise firm programmers in
improving existing platform
and in development of new trading software and automated trading
models
Self-Employed Proprietary Trader, May 2009-December 2010
924 Hunt Drive Yardley, Pennsylvania 19067
Proprietary Trader
. Active trader of equities, sector ETFs, and listed options in personal
proprietary trading accounts
. Strategies include using news releases, market trend analysis, and
fundamental and technical analysis to
identify and execute day-trading opportunities and short-to-medium
term volatility and directional trades
including buy-writes and vertical spreads
. Actively searching for seed capital to finance upstart equity option
trading operation
McGowan Investors, LLC - General Partner, August 2003-April 2009
Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Philadelphia, PA
Head of PHLX Floor Trading Operations
. Senior Trader and Volatility Portfolio Manager for all PHLX trading
floor profit centers including
150+ product Equity Option Specialist operation, Equity Index Option
Trading operation and On-Floor
Equity Option Market-Making operation
. Head of Equity Option Specialist market-making in option classes
covering all economic sectors
. Coordinated on-floor market-making strategies and actively traded
multiple Index Options, Cash-Settled
Sector Index Options, Sector ETF Options as well as options on many
highly correlated single stocks
. Used proprietary automated trading models to manage single-stock
volatility strategies, volatility
correlation strategies within defined sectors and ETF component
long/short strategies
. Primary intermediary with firm's clearing agent, internal IT staff,
and numerous technology vendors
. Hired IT staff and supervised IT staff in the development of
proprietary trading models, Electronic
Option Trading and AMM quoting scripts, and risk management software
. Designed and implemented an interactive automated trading platform
application based on
derivative modeling for trading momentum moves in equities and ETF
products
Goldman Sachs (SLK Hull Derivatives) --Vice President-Equity Options, March
2002-April 2003
Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Philadelphia, PA, September 2002-March 2003
Volatility Portfolio Manager/Trading Floor Post Manager
. Volatility portfolio manager for Goldman Sachs' PHLX Low Correlation
Portfolio
. Managed a large volatility portfolio of high volume, low correlation
equity option products
. Lead equity option specialist trader in the "super pit" of some of the
PHLX's biggest and most visible
equity option products
. Risk-management, advisement, and managerial oversight of several
traders at the specialist post
American Stock Exchange, New York, NY, March 2002-September 2002
Trading Floor Post Manager
. Post manager for Goldman's AMEX equity option specialist market-making
operation
. Established/managed option positions in various high profile equity
option products
. Risk-management and oversight of several traders
. Initiated intensive trader training program
TFM Investment Group, June 1993-March 2002
American Stock Exchange, New York, NY, January 1997-March 2002
Co-Manager AMEX Specialist Operations
. Senior equity option specialist market-maker in 250+ product
specialist operation
. Established/managed option positions in several high profile equity
option products
. Risk-management, advisement, and oversight of other traders at the
post and other floor profit centers
. Established and grew relationships with order flow providers and floor
brokers
. Hired new traders and specialist post support staff
. Developed and taught a very structured training program for new
traders
. Multiple administrative and operational duties
Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Philadelphia, PA, June 1993-January 1997
PHLX Equity Option Specialist
. Equity option specialist market-making in several equity
option products
. Actively involved in new trader training
EDUCATION
Villanova University, Villanova, PA, September 1988-May 1992
. Bachelor of Science in Business Administration - Finance
. Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity
. Co-Captain PSKK Karate Point Sparring Team
COMPUTER EXPERIENCE
. Trading Systems: Actant, MicroHedge, Goldman/Hull, Precise, REDI,
BRISK, X-Trade, Sterling, Tradespeed,
multiple in-house proprietary trading platforms and risk management
systems
. Excel, Bloomberg, Microsoft Office Suite
PERSONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
. Volunteer Fire Fighter -YMFC Finance and Audit Committees Chairman
. Performing Guitarist
. Competitive Martial Arts - Submission Grappling and Muay Thai Kick
Boxing
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