Hi to everyone at the Forex FXTrader forums!

My name is Jay Hawk, and I had a 12-year professional financial markets career incorporating exchange-traded stock, options, futures and forex experience, having leased seats and traded as a specialist market-maker on the CBOE in Chicago and the PSOE in San Francisco.

I also ran broking desks with hundreds of retail and professional accounts, and I actively managed trading portfolios for private clients as large as $30million both on and off the floor. In addition, I started a professional options brokerage on the Pacific Stock Exchange to provide brokerage services on that exchange to floor market-makers and upstairs traders located in N.Y. and Chicago. I have also given option seminars and helped start the currency options market listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, acting as both a consultant and educator.

Since retiring as a full-time financial markets professional, I have been working with my wife Julie trading for our own account and managing funds for others for over seven years.

I look forward to contributing to the Forex FXTrader Community and to working more closely with Marc.

Best,

Jay