For 35 years Volpe has been a financial derivates trader.  He began at the Chicago Board of Trade in the late 1980’s and then transferred to the LIFFE exchange in London.  He has managed derivates risk in every tradable market in the world as head of proprietary trading and then in the hedge fund industry. He uses options continually in his own portfolio. Throughout his career, Volpe has mentored and taught bespoke Options Trading Level I & II courses.  The courses were part of his training at the firm and all “graduates” were required to teach the course to newcomers. He has continued to teach the courses privately in London, Italy and in Asia. The participants not only learned how to understand the fundamentals of options trading during the course, but went on to utilize effectively this knowledge in the management of their own portfolios in equities, fixed income, foreign exchange, & commodities markets.

Background

Santo Volpe, KCSS (BA Northwestern, MSc University of London) started in Chicago in 1990 as an options market maker on the trading floor of the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). He moved to London in 1991 and traded on the London International Financial Futures Exchange (LIFFE). Volpe has worked in senior management for large banks in Europe. He as considerable experience in derivatives (credit and equity) and in structured finance. Volpe has advised and assisted in setting up several proprietary trading operations and hedge funds in Europe, the United States and the Far East. He has managed portfolios as Chief Investment Officer in excess of USD 5 billion comprising all types of asset classes, debt instruments, derivatives and physical commodities both in the listed markets as well as OTC.