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After graduating from Ohio University in 1984, Jay - aka “The Marketman” purchased a trading membership on the Mid-America Commodity Exchange at the Chicago Board of Trade. There he traded grains and participated twice in the year long real money United Stated Investing Championship, placing 13th +136% and 8th place +265% respectively out of 200 world recognized traders entered.

Gaining recognition for his trading achievements, as well as being published in the Wall Street Journal & Barron’s, Jay was recruited to trade interbank foreign exchange for Sumitomo, the 2nd largest bank in the world.

After a few years of trading FX, Jay accepted a substantial options trading position with the largest limited partnership at Chicago Board Options Exchange, becoming an exchange member and market-maker.

After numerous years trading in the pits, Jay realized that electronic screen based trading was the wave of the future and decided to electronically trade his personal account and execute off the floor for large financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs’ Speer Leads & Kellogg, Hong Kong & Shanghi Banking Corporation (HSBC), 1st Chicago and Commerzbank.

In 2006, Jay joined Commodity Research Bureau (CRB) as a Senior Research Advisor to specialize in foreign exchange, interest rates, precious metals, energies, grains and stock indices markets. Jay remains a licensed Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) and trades his own personal account.

CRB, based in Chicago and with a heritage dating back to 1934 is the oldest and one of the most respected independent research firms. CRB are the innovators of the CRB indexes, publisher of CRB Yearbook, CRB Encyclopedia, Futures Market Service, TrendTrader, CRB Price Charts and historical data products.

Jay has vast interests and enjoys sailing, working out, in-line skating, innovation, environmental issues, history, phenomenon, ancient civilizations and sport clays.      

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