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Jermal Chandler
Host of The Leap
Jermal Chandler is a co-host of The Leap: From Options to Futures which follows an option trader’s foray into futures trading. Additionally, he provides weekly trading insights on the Options Jive segment via tastytrade Live!
Before arriving at tastytrade in 2021, Jermal was educating investors on the utility of equity options as a Senior Instructor of Market Insights in the CBOE Options Institute. His career began at Peak6 Capital Management where he traded volatility arbitrage portfolios in the Dynamic Hedging group and in the Peak6 Advisors hedge fund over an eight year period. Jermal also spent time on the regulatory side of financial markets. He worked in the market regulation group at FINRA and as a regulatory investigator at the Chicago Board of Options Exchange (CBOE). Both appointments involved working with SPX and VIX market makers and brokers.
Prior to embarking on a career in options trading, Jermal served as a materials engineer and chemist. He worked at the world-renowned Applied Superconductivity Center where he fabricated BSCCO superconducting materials. He also worked at Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin, helping to create lignocellulosic polymer primers and resins.
Jermal has five published articles as an author and co-author.
Series Featuring Jermal
The Leap: From Options to Futures
Options Jive
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Liz Dierking
Host of The LIZ & JNY Show
Liz Dierking
Host of The LIZ & JNY Show
Alongside long-time pal Jenny Andrews, Liz Dierking co-hosts The LIZ & JNY Show, where the duo break down the basics of trading options, walk through tastytrade mechanics for portfolio management, and answer live Twitter questions sent to @lizjnyshow.
Jenny Andrews
Host of The LIZ & JNY Show
Jenny Andrews
Host of The LIZ & JNY Show
Jenny Andrews co-hosts The LIZ & JNY Show with long-time pal Liz Dierking, where they break down the basics of trading options, walk through the tastytrade mechanics for portfolio management, and answer live Twitter questions sent to @lizjnyshow.
Michael "Dr. Data" Rechenthin
Head of Data Science
Michael "Dr. Data" Rechenthin
Head of Data Science
Known to all of tastynation as “Dr. Data”, Michael Rechenthin is Head of Data Science at tastytrade and is most renowned for his weekly newsletter Cherry Picks, where you can get data-driven trade ideas right in your inbox.
Katie McGarrigle
Host of Options Trading Concepts LIVE
Katie McGarrigle
Host of Options Trading Concepts LIVE
Outside of daily management of all of tastytrade’s content that you know and love, Katie McGarrigle co-hosts Options Trading Concepts LIVE, where she is joined by Nick Battista and Mike Butler to tackle live YouTube chat questions in real time.
Mike Butler
Host of Options Trading Concepts LIVE
Mike Butler
Host of Options Trading Concepts LIVE
Mike Butler is part of the exceptional customer support team at tastytrade and also co-hosts Options Trading Concepts LIVE, where he is joined by Nick Battista and Katie McGarrigle to tackle live YouTube chat questions in real time.
Linwood Ma
Chief Technology Officer
Linwood Ma
Chief Technology Officer
Linwood Ma has led the strategy, design, and build of the tastyworks trading platform, which uses a probability-oriented, intuitively visual interface with drag-and-drop simplicity to innovate the entire trading industry for beginner and experienced traders alike.
Kristi Ross
Co-CEO
Kristi Ross
Co-CEO
Kristi Ross is an award-winning entrepreneur who believes in empowering the do-it-yourself investor to engage more with their finances. She interviews innovative entrepreneurs making changes in their industries on her show, Bootstrapping in America. She also walks through the ins and outs of taxes for traders in Kristi’s Tax Bursts.
Tom Sosnoff
Founder & Co-CEO
Tom Sosnoff
Founder & Co-CEO
Tom Sosnoff is a trailblazer in the online brokerage industry, driving innovation and financial education for investors of all levels. He offers up his expertise in the options markets as co-host of tastytrade LIVE!, airing daily on the tastytrade network.
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