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Jud is the Chief Investment Strategist for Options News Network. Jud started his career in finance in 1994 as a derivatives analyst with SBC Warburg, which became UBS Warburg. After four years with Warburg, Jud joined PEAK6 Investments, L.P. (“PEAK6″) as an equity options trader and eventually became the chief risk officer.

While trading more than a million contracts per year for PEAK6, Jud also built the stock group for PEAK6’s options trading operations, which currently trades more than 1 billion shares per year. From 2004-2006, Jud managed the trading and risk-management operations for PEAK6’s lead market-making operations on the former PCX exchange.

Jud broadcasts the “Sidewinder” report from the floors of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board Options Exchange, co-hosts “Mad About Options” and is a regular contributor to “Options Physics.”  He regularly appears on CNBC, CNN, and Bloomberg.

Kevin Cook

Kevin was an institutional foreign exchange market maker and arbitrageur for 9 years before signing on with Options News Network as an options instructor. He studied philosophy in college and wanted to teach, but ended up on the floor of a commodity exchange.

Kevin is the host of "Options Physics Basics" and "Mark2Market."

Beth Gaston Moon

Beth Gaston Moon is Senior Editor for the Options News Network. Beth was previously a member of the research department at Schaeffer's Investment Research for more than a decade, where she wrote daily market commentaries for SchaeffersResearch.com. She additionally served as managing editor of the Mastering Advanced Options Strategies course.

Jared Levy

Jared Levy has spent his entire career in the finance and options industry, from working as a stock broker and market maker at three major U.S. exchanges to acting as a specialist for Fortune 1000 companies.

This seasoned options expert joined Financial Markets, LLC in 2008 as a Senior Market/Derivatives Strategist. Jared appears on www.ONN.tv as an educator and options expert. He previously served as Chief Options Strategist for Wizetrade winning an Emmy award for a daily video "Trader-cast." Jared attended Temple University.

Karla Yeh

Karla Yeh is Associate Editor for Options News Network. Karla joined PEAK6 Investments L.P. after covering options, equities, high-frequency and algorithmic trading, international exchanges, financial regulation and general market trends for a New York-based financial publication. Karla earned a Master of Science in Broadcast Journalism from Northwestern University ñ Medill School of Journalism.

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George Ruhana

George's 15-year career in the option and derivatives trading business began on the historic floor of the Chicago Board of Trade, a location he would unexpectedly return to at PEAK6 Investments, L.P. (PEAK6). After five years trading with Swiss Bank Corporation/OíConnor and Associates and NationsBank-CRT, George joined proprietary options trading firm PEAK6 early in its history (as employee number 11).

Steve Claussen

A 25-year trading career in the derivatives industry took Steve to multiple continents before landing him back in Chicago at OptionsHouse. Steve began his trading career in 1983 on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade and progressed to the Chicago Board Options Exchange as Head Market Maker for OíConnor and Associates, LLC, becoming one of the largest market makers in the SPX and OEX option trading pits.

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