FRANCIS ALEXANDER COHEN
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Commodity Broker
National Futures
Association ID #
0400365
Series 3 Examination June 2008
EXPERIENCE:
Sweet Futures 1, LLC
Chicag
o, IL
Account Executive
July 2008 –
March 2013
•Analyzed market fundamentals and technicals through reports and charts to provide investment advice to clients, both long-term and day traders.
•Managed financial risk in customer accounts by initiating options to hedge loss.
•Provided electronic platform technical assistance and diagnose system failures.
•Facilitated physical trade and delivery of commodities to banks and precious metal exchanges
•Executed futures contract trades for private and commercial customers on the following platforms:
GL Trade, Globex J Trader, Pat Systems
Rolphe & Nolan, RAN Strategy Runner
RCG Onyx (Similar to Trading Technology)
Rosenthal Collins Group, LLC Chicago, IL
International Wire Room Execution Clerk June 2004 – June 2008
•Executed trades across foreign markets utilizing the following electronic systems:
GMI GL Trade, Globex
EOS Rolphe & Nolan, RAN
•Managed clients’ open positions and profit & loss with GMI system.
•Communicated orders to brokers on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, New York Board of Trade, New York Mercantile Exchange, Sydney Exchange, and Frankfurt Exchange.
•Corresponded with clients across the globe, primarily in England, India and Brazil regarding futures and options trades.
•Diverse experiences as a Runner and Phone Clerk processing orders for the grain desk, treasury desk, and Dow Jones options.
Archer Daniels Midland Company Chicago, IL
Runner August–December 2003
•Delivered orders directly to brokers on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (prior to merge with Chicago Board of Trade).
•Processed futures and options contracts for live cattle, feeder cattle, lean hogs, pork bellies, lumber, and dairy commodities.
•Managed trading during the transition to electronic market systems, comparing prices of volume traded on the floor versus the screen. I recently was with a firm in the BOT building working as a broker calling leads that were provided. I did not list this company because I don’t believe in there brokerage methods so there isn’t any recent employment gaps.