Justin Leary
Manassas,VA
Summary
Passionate options trader with a strong foundation in market analysis developed through engagement with the Unusual Whales community. Demonstrated ability to gauge market sentiment and execute strategic trades during the meme stock phenomenon. Committed to leveraging analytical skills and market insights to excel in a dynamic internship opportunity.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Derivatives Trader
Independent Portfolio
Manassas, VA
01.2021 - Current
- Asymmetric Risk Deployment: Executed high-conviction, speculative options strategies targeting deeply mispriced asset volatility; successfully scaled seed capital by over 2300%.
- Order Flow Data Synthesis: Utilized advanced market-intelligence platforms (Unusual Whales) to analyze institutional options flow, block trades, and dark pool data to identify massive market asymmetries.
- Premium & Volatility Capture: Deployed tactical directional positioning and opportunistic short-volatility strategies, maximizing premium capture during periods of extreme implied volatility expansion.
- Speculative Position Sizing: Managed aggressive, concentrated capital allocations while maintaining hard mathematical risk-stops to prevent catastrophic drawdown during high-velocity market regimes.
- Trend Exploitation: Monitored institutional positioning and implied volatility anomalies to deploy speculative capital ahead of major price dislocations.
Education
Associate of Science - Business Administration
Northern Virginia Community College
Annandale, VA12-2024
Associate of Science - Business Administration
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA09-2026
Skills
- Order Flow Analysis
- Unusual Whales
- Volatility Capture
- Asymmetric Risk Management
- Trend Forecasting
- Market Microstructure
- Risk Management
- Capital Allocation
- Equity Research
Timeline
Derivatives Trader
Independent Portfolio
01.2021 - Current
Associate of Science - Business Administration
Northern Virginia Community College
Associate of Science - Business Administration
George Mason University