James Helder

• Trader in Nasdaq and NYSE equities, ETFs, options and futures for personal account
• Responsible for implementing strategies which include long/short, overnights
• Profitable for 44 straight months
• Achieved a return on equity above 100%/year since inception.

• Led the design and implementation of a derivatives focused, multistrategy, algorithmic trading desk.

• Developed robust quantitative trading strategies to trade a wide range of global markets including equity, commodity and fixed income derivative products.

• Proficient in back testing financial data using SQL queries for extraction and manipulation from databases, coupled with Python programming for proprietary data analysis.

• Strong ability to assess and manage financial risks. Expert in identifying points of risk and implementing risk mitigation strategies.

• Position Management: Notional Amount of 150 million USD
• FX Option Strategy .
• High Yield Currency Statistical Arbitrage
• Generating and Back-Testing Strategy in R

• Performed clerking duties in the S&P 500 options pit on the floor of the CME and the CBOE, as well as in the Eurodollar options pit of the CME.
• Responsibilities included: trade checking, order execution, daily P&L calculations, research and trade reconciliation
• Trained novice assistants in option theory as well as day to day operations.

• Responsible for cold calling potential clients to inform them of upcoming seminars
• Contributed to the development of a marketing strategy to acquire new clients
• Aided in creating and conducting a telephone survey with clients to determine their investment needs.
• Assisted in matching the client's financial needs to appropriate products.
• Responsible for cold calling potential clients to inform them of upcoming seminars.