Manager Management
Resume:
J. Bishop Ware, Jr.
P. O. Box ****
Bryan, Texas 77805
******.*@*****.***
Experience
Self-Employed April 2004 to Present
Trading futures and futures options
Traded agriculture and Treasury options at the Chicago Board of Trade
Market Maker – provided liquidity in agriculture and Treasury options
*Traded volatility and relative value arbitrage strategies
*Researched, back-tested, and implemented trading strategies
*Volatility forecasting, developed hedging and trading strategies
*Created valuation and pricing models
*Derivatives portfolio risk management
Speed Trading Partners February 2002 to December 2003
Made markets in exchange-traded funds (ETF) at the Chicago Stock Exchange
*Arbitraged the relative basis between cash baskets, futures, and ETFs
*Created valuation and pricing models
*Creation and redemption of ETFs
*Derivatives portfolio risk management
Traded equity and index options electronically using firm’s proprietary software to
search for arbitrage and relative value opportunities.
Bear-Wagner Specialists - Division of Bear Sterns March 2001 to January 2002
Traded NASDAQ 100 Index options at the Chicago Board Options Exchange
*Traded volatility, dispersion, relative index volatility, and made markets in index options
Traded exchange-traded funds at the Chicago Stock Exchange
*Traded the relative basis between cash and futures, and ETFs
Self-Employed April 1998 to March 2001
Proprietary options trader at the Chicago Board Options Exchange
*Market Maker in equity and index options
Lakota Trading Steve Fossett’s Trading Group July 1995 to April 1998
Proprietary options trader at the Chicago Board Options Exchange
*Traded volatility, relative value, event-driven opportunities, and made markets in equity options
Timber Hill Trading –Division of Interactive Brokers July 1993 to July 1995
*Execution Trader - traded equity and index options at the Chicago Board Options Exchange
Education
Texas A&M University
College of Business Administration
Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance
Graduated 1992
Memberships
Chicago Board of Trade (May 2004 to August 2005)
Chicago Stock Exchange (June 2001 to August 2003)
Chicago Board Options Exchange (February 1994 to January 2001)
National Futures Association (May 2004 to January 2006)
Software
Pro-Opticus – option analytics and portfolio risk assessment
Global Risk - option analytics and portfolio risk assessment
Micro-Hedge - option analytics, portfolio risk assessment, and option trade execution
Quantitative Analytics – used for back-testing trading strategies
Trading Technologies – used for futures execution
CQG – charts and analytics
Reuters-charts and analytics
Bloomberg – news, fundamentals, and analytics
First Call - Fundamental earnings analytics
Excel,Visual Basic, and C++
References
Fred Lovely was the floor manager for Timber Hill Trading at the Chicago Board Options Exchange.
He hired and trained me. He recently left T.D. Securities, where he was the Director of Equity Derivatives
Trading. He is currently working for The Archelon Group. His phone number is 312-***-****.
Robert White is a friend. He is a Managing Director with J.P. Morgan-Chase. His phone number is
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