Jake Nelson
Senior Trader
Denver,CO
Summary
Successful Trader with over 16 years of comprehensive experience managing negotiation and execution of investment trades on multiple exchanges, including options, stocks and fixed income. In-depth knowledge of trading strategies and systems, portfolio risks and successful trading algorithms. People-oriented and versatile professional committed to implementing strategies to guarantee day-to-day and long-term objectives are met.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Trader
PEAK6 Investments
Chicago, IL
08.2020 - 02.2022
- Traded equity options in a group of four, managing a $30M book, generating ROC over 100%.
- Traded the high touch and low latency strategies with greater focus on building and maintaining relationships with VIP brokers.
- Collaborated with other traders and research analysts to distribute relevant market information.
- Formulated algorithms to search for real-time indicators and flag trades worth executing.
Senior Risk Analyst
PEAK6 Investments
Chicago, IL
03.2018 - 08.2020
- Promoted enterprise-level risk management practices and helped instill strong culture focused on protective policies and procedures.
- Advised partners and senior managers on strategies for reducing liability and preventing losses.
- Developed short-term goals and long-term strategic plans to improve risk control and mitigation.
Risk Analyst
PEAK6 Investments
Chicago, IL
08.2016 - 03.2018
- Built a data driven macro analytics tool to provide opportunity indicators that helped gauge how aggressive the traders should be.
- Collaborated with Finance to build out and implement the strategy for mitigating risk of balance sheet exposure with our clearing firm.
- Established strategy for operations reporting and analytics, identifying key needs for deliverables while driving continuous improvement of processes.
Trader
PEAK6 Investments
Chicago, IL
08.2007 - 08.2016
- Traded equity options via a volatility arbitrage strategy in my own book generating annual ROC over 30%.
- Assessed market conditions to look for hedge and arbitrage opportunities across a universe of 1500 symbols.
- Discussed trading strategies with managers to highlight current market sentiment, price points of resistance and support and liquidity characteristics of positions.
- Built algorithms to generate signals for opening and risk management trade ideas.
Trading Associate
PEAK6 Investments
Chicago, IL
02.2006 - 08.2007
- Maximized productivity by keeping detailed records of daily PnL progress and identifying and rectifying areas for improvement.
- Educated and mentored new hires on company policies and procedures by designing and developing training program.
- Learned basic options trading fundamentals and traded a small book within the TA group to provide proof of concept and strategy.
Trading Assistant
SKTY Trading
Chicago, IL
08.2004 - 08.2005
- Clerked for a Lead Market Maker in Eurodollar options on the floor of the CME.
Education
MBA - Finance
Loyola University of Chicago
Chicago, IL 09.2001 - 05.2004
Bachelor of Science - Animal Science
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 09.1994 - 05.1998
Skills
Partnership cultivation
undefinedCertification
FINRA Series 24
Work Availability
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Timeline
Senior Trader
PEAK6 Investments
08.2020 - 02.2022
Senior Risk Analyst
PEAK6 Investments
03.2018 - 08.2020
Risk Analyst
PEAK6 Investments
08.2016 - 03.2018
Trader
PEAK6 Investments
08.2007 - 08.2016
Trading Associate
PEAK6 Investments
02.2006 - 08.2007
Trading Assistant
SKTY Trading
08.2004 - 08.2005
MBA - Finance
Loyola University of Chicago
09.2001 - 05.2004
Bachelor of Science - Animal Science
Kansas State University
09.1994 - 05.1998
FINRA Series 24
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