The biweekly TradingMarkets.com live forum series presents options expert Bob Pisani.
Bob will take some of the mystery out of trading options by explaining what to look for in terms of options volume and market volatility that can give you a winning edge and put you on the right side of the market. You’ll be able to submit your questions and listen to the answer in real time! Bob was a founder of one of the original high-profile options market maker firms, so be sure to take advantage of this opportunity.
Bob Pisani
After receiving a Ph.D. in statistics from the University of California at
Berkeley in 1971, Bob Pisani joined the faculty of that institution, conducting extensive research on the securities and options markets, and co-authoring a college statistics textbook that has been a top-seller for over 20 years.
Bob’s research on the markets led to the development of sophisticated mathematical options models and trading strategies that at the time could only be traded “on paper” because organized options markets did no yet exist. That all changed in 1975 when listed options first became available for trading on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and the Pacific Coast Stock Exchange (PSE).
Taking advantage of the opportunity to apply his strategies in real markets, Bob founded a market maker firm, Galton-Gauss Securities with the express purpose of “achieving extraordinary gains.” Using Bob’s proprietary option trading models, his company did just that for the next half-dozen years.
Bob has continued to trade as well as research and test successful options trading models. He also is a visiting scholar at the University of California at Berkeley. You can access his options indicators (updated
nightly) and commentary (every Tuesday and Thursday) through the >Option Traders section of TradingMarkets.com.
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