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Series 7 Certified
Highly motivated and detail-oriented management professional with 26 years experience in floor trading and screen based trading. Including commodity trading, equity trading, options trading, management, trading system development, mentoring/coaching new traders, and market analysis.
Professional
Experience
Goldenberg, Hehmeyer & Co. Chicago, Illinois
12/03 - Present
Assistant to Head of Treasury Arbitrage
(Fixed Income cash & futures markets )
Develop and implement tools for traders. Coach traders on a daily basis. Risk manage. Further explanation of duties can be found here
Futures Broker, White Eagle Trading, Inc. (Member, Chicago Board of
Trade)
Chicago,
Illinois
10/01 - 11/03
Executed orders on ACE, Eurex and CME's electronic platform from the Ten-Year-Note pit at CBOT.
Executed open-out-cry
in all pits on the
financial floor of CBOT.
Independent
Futures Trader (Member,
Chicago Board of Trade)
Chicago,
Illinois
1995
- 10/2001
Traded
S&P, NASDAQ, Ten-Year-Note as well as US Bond Futures with a focus on
short-term profits through Trade Station 6.0 and Genesis Navigator analysis
software. Implemented 72 trading systems for Bond and S&P futures. Extensive
experience with electronic trading platforms.
Independent
Broker (Member,
Chicago Board of Trade)
Chicago,
Illinois
1984
- 1995
James
A. Goulding, Inc.
Chosen
to execute the purchase and sale of commodities for customers and clients as a
partner of an independent trading operation on the floor of the Chicago Board of
Trade.
-Established
a strong client base through consistent customer satisfaction that developed
revenue growth from $100 thousand to well over $1 million in annual sales.
-Developed
and managed a staff of 10 members to assist in the acquisition of customer
orders via hand signals and check trades that increased production and
efficiency.
-Assertively
acquired expanded knowledge in the management of money, people and time to
better service the customer, which directly resulted in a consistent increase in
revenue.
-Through
a strong work ethic, personally executed $1 million a year in the US Bond pit
Books
8-Steps
to Therapy, 2003
Winter is Coming, 2003
Nano, 2005
Research Notes (examples)
Combining, evaluating, and reasoning with information and data to make decisions and solve problems. These processes involve making decisions about the relative importance of information and choosing the best solution.
Identifying underlying principles, reasons, or facts by breaking down information or data into separate parts. Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, verifying, or processing information or data.
Knowledge of principles and processes involved in business and organizational planning, coordination, and execution. This includes strategic planning, resource allocation, manpower modeling, leadership techniques, and production methods Evaluating information against a set of standards and verifying that it is correct.
Hardware Courses: A+
Platform:
MS Windows
Productivity:
MS Excel, MS Word, MSPowerPoint, MSPublisher, MS FrontPage, Internet Explorer,
Adobe Acrobat, Open Office, Quick Books Pro, Quicken, Instant Messaging, Yahoo
Utility:
Norton, Evidence Eliminator, Ad Blocker
Trading:
Trading Technologies (TT), Bloomberg, Trade Station, Telerate, Reuters, Genesis Trading, A/C/E, Eurex, CQG
Registered NASDAQ Series 7
Member,
Chicago Board of Trade
Certified
Professional Behavior Analyst, TTI Performance Systems
Registered
Floor Broker, National Futures Association
Member
I.D. #1057482, NASDAQ-Registered Series 3 (exp. 1998)
Muscular
Dystrophy Association (MDA)
Received
3 awards from MDA for fund raising accomplishments
By
personally visiting and discussing MDA issues with potential donors, I raised
over $80,000 for MDA over a 3-year period.
Kick
Drugs out of America (KDA) (A Chuck Norris Foundation)
Received
award from KDA for raising $5000 in 1995
Degerberg
Martial Arts (DMA)
Received
award for outstanding support in raising money for the school and contributing
my time at DBA Martial Art Exhibitions.
Mentors
Action Network (MAN)
Recognition
in 1999 for outstanding work in donating my time and money to MAN.
Asked
to sit on the Board of Directors of MAN in January 1999. I accepted and sat for
one-year in the role of Secretary.
Western
Golf Association
Recognition
for monetary contributions made between 1995 and 1999 to the Evans Scholarship
Foundation.
Willing to Travel/Relocate * Excellent References Provided upon Request
2003-Present
Wrote, back tested, optimized, regression tested, and traded numerous trading systems.
Introduced Tickdata, which has full library of historical data on all commodities since inception. Library is fully compatible with Quant Studio, Tradestation, Excel, CQG, and accessible to any API. Library can be accessed from any computer on the proper network. Furthermore, Tickdata is compatible with any software that accepts ASCII data.
Created regression testing capability
Created decision making progress for accepting and rejecting trading systems
Explored
Quant Studio, Eccoware, Tradestation, Trading Technologies, Excel, Bloomberg and Crucible.
Tested
many of the software platforms listed above and documented all of the tests.
Through the tests the clearing member firm was able to determine what software
was integrate-able with current hardware and software systems. By determining
what was the best fit for clearing member firm’s current software and
hardware, they were able to move forward with implementation of several trading
strategies.
Extensive research on trading software through web searches.
Developed
and designed numerous trading strategies. Two are currently being traded
manually with plans to implement fully automated. Strategies have been tested
and optimized on two other markets and are waiting for implementation either
manually or automated.
Develop and implement trading tools for traders that include:
Excel based
Money management systems for spreaders and outright traders, both in cash and futures.
P&L tracking system for evaluating how traders trade on economic number releases.
Live real-time market data for tracking
DV01s for cash, futures, and spreads
basis
basis net of carry
carry
hedge ratios for futures to futures, cash to futures, cash to cash
duration for cash and futures
fed fund forwards
yield shift forwards
implieds for outrights' and basis
all yield curve spreads including flys
Trading systems
I can't go into what I've developed due to proprietary concerns. It wouldn't be fair to the company I work for. However, the point is that I've developed numerous trading systems. I can say this, I write, back test, regression test, and optimizes trading systems. I have managed and directed strategic modeling. I've been involved in the organization's risk management function. Developed and evaluated systems associated with controlling credit risk.
Morning email
consists of daily information a trader needs to begin the day including
prior days recap
what's expected today
all pertinent calendars, prices, and rates
up to the minute hedge ratios and DV01s
Database
designed a dbase for traders so they can access information easily
built, cataloged, organized, and manage the dbase
Coach Traders on a Daily Basis
My largest responsibility is to coach the traders on the company's trading floor. This includes training them from day-one which encompasses:
writing the syllabus for teaching about the markets
seeing new traders through the Series 7 exam
coaching traders on a daily basis through the ups and downs of trading
being directly responsible for their profitability, which means
minimizing their first year losses
controlling their money management
writing monthly assessments
reporting to upper management weekly and monthly on traders' progress
Assist Head of Treasury Arbitrage
Duties include
money managing traders
giving market opinions
developing new trades for traders
directly overseeing a group of first year traders
creating tools for traders
sending timely electronic information to traders throughout the day
many other day-to-day duties that go along with running a trading operation
Research Database:
23,000 electronic documents (white papers, ebooks, articles, historical data, etc.)
4,400 web pages with index and table of contents
financial industry book library
American history book library
reference book library
Research Notes
Written over 50 research notes for traders
Testimonials
(from past coaching clients)
Having
Jimmy on the team is a valuable resource. His ideas, insight and honesty are
motivating and positive."
-Brian
McAlpin
-President
-McAlpin
Group Media Arts
After
working with Jim for just 4 months, I not only reached my initial goal which
amazed me, but gained some great tools for establishing and attacking new goals
in the future. I felt overwhelmed at the start and now feel very energized and
clear-headed about the direction I'm going in.
-Joan
McAlpin
Jim
helped me see how I interact with people. I learned how better to deal with
people in general. My interactions with people became more positive. I was able
to deal with my superiors at work in a more positive light. Jim helped me hone
my perceptions on people's personality types.
-Pamela Adams
Jim
is definitely a gifted coach. Through computerized assessments, he helped me
learn more about myself and the way I needed to trade. I really appreciated the
extra time he spent with me via emails and telephone. He's first class all the
way!
-David
Alan Smith, CTA
Jim,
Just
a note of appreciation on your coaching I have received. It has given me a
better outlook not only with my original goal, (trading as a full time career), but
also in my day to day business operations and personal life. It has been a
pleasure to work with some one so knowledgeable and straightforward. Thanks
again and keep up the excellent work.
-Michael
B. Collingwood President / M.C. Mechanical Contracting Inc.
Jim
has enough knowledge in running a business to know which rocks to turn over to
get the information I need. One recent recommendation Jim made, is helping me
and my employees get through a difficult transition by giving us a common
denominator as a resource. It allows us to relate to each other while we are
going through this transition.
-Dave
Martin / Owner Russell Martin Carpets
Jim’s
coaching has brought me allot of benefit. He helps me to focus on direction and
isolating issues in my business. Plus his feedback has been very beneficial.
-Dennis
Synal / Owner, jds-group inc. (CRM Solutions Provider.)
(under construction)
Assistant to the head of treasury arbitrage at a broker/dealer, since June 2004.
Proven record of coaching traders to profitability. Profit for the trader and the company.
Extensive research and writing for traders. Examples follow:
Designed and built excel tools for traders for tracking trading performance. Worksheets contain over 200,000 calculations, so, they're too big to post on this site.
Designed, built, and maintain three different morning emails that are delivered to traders everyday around the globe. Emails are market specific.