Author Profiles

Stuart Kaufman

Stuart Kaufman is a Senior Market Strategist with Lind Plus, Lind-Waldock's broker-assisted division, and was formerly Director of Lind-Waldock's Auto-Execute Services division. Stu holds Series 3, 7, and 63 licenses. He was a Chicago Mercantile Exchange Member from 1982-1995, working as an independent floor trader, pit broker, position trader for his own trading account, and commodity analyst and trader for a commodity fund. His goal as a Lind Plus Market Strategist is to help tip the risk-reward ratio in favor of his clients, and feels it's important to be trading when the opportunities are greatest while managing risk accordingly. He studies both technical and fundamental information for a variety of financial and traditional commodity futures markets. Stu can be reached at 800-924-1060 or via email at skaufman@lind-waldock.com.

 

Christine London

Since joining the commodity markets in the early 90’s as the first female commodity trader at the largest brokerage firm in the west coast, Mrs. London has earned several accolades from both her colleagues and clients. Her interest in the commodity markets were first realized while studying at BIOLA University. Today, Mrs. London is recognized as a visionary and innovator with a natural ability to educate. Having spent time on both the Chicago Board of Trade and the New York Board of Trade, and her extensive history as risk manager, portfolio analyst, and educator through Ken Roberts, Hume and Larry Williams, Christine believes trading success can be achieved from education, discipline, and experience. She alternates between active floor trading and instructing for beginning option traders. She has developed academic content, spoken at multiple trading events and seminars across the world. She is now one of the Senior Traders at OpVest.

Christine often gets asked what the secret to trading is and she feel the answer is simple-education, discipline and a trading plan. When Christine is away from the office, you may often find her spending time with her family, traveling and doing yoga.

 

Dennis Smith

Dennis Smith has been a full service commodity broker specializing in grain and livestock trading for over 20 years. Dennis has a wide range of customers, many of whom are grain and livestock producers. Dennis develops and helps execute hedging and speculative strategies in his Daily Livestock Wire which is prepared each afternoon exclusively for his customers. Dennis grew up in Central Illinois before launching his brokerage career.

Phil Flynn

Phil Flynn is Vice President, Energy Analyst and General Market Analyst with Alaron Trading Corporation (www.alaron.com). Phil is one of the world's leading energy market analysts, providing individual investors, professional traders and institutions with up-to-the-minute investment and risk management insight into global petroleum, gasoline and energy markets. Phil's market commentary, fundamental and technical analysis, and long-term forecasts are sought by industry executives, investors and media worldwide.

Most recently, Phil and his energy team were one of the first to predict that global crude oil prices would exceed $30/barrel in the year 2000, a correctly-predicted market milestone which has highlighted the economic scene in the new millennium. Through hundreds of media interviews, Phil Flynn and Alaron Trading have become familiar names in living rooms and boardrooms worldwide. The world's print, broadcast and online media have come to rely on Phil's accurate and animated forecasts and analysis.

Media highlights include: The President of the United States, Bloomberg, ABC, CBS, NBC's "Today Show" and "Nightly News with Tom Brokaw", CNBC, CNN/ CNNfn, FOX's "O'Reilly Factor", PBS's "The Newshour with Jim Lehrer" and "Nightly Business Report", MSNBC's "The News with Brian Williams", Wall Street Journal Report, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Investor's Business Daily, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Associated Press, The Toronto Globe & Mail, Houston Chronicle, Futures Magazine and National Public Radio.

Phil's daily market analysis can be viewed at www.alaron.com, the world's leading futures Web site. He has been featured on MarketWatch.com, ino.com and futuresource.com.

Phil's commitment to and experience in futures trading is documented in two books, The Mind of a Trader (Financial Times/Pitman,1997), and Trading Online (publisher, date), both by Alpesh B. Patel. Phil is a lifelong resident of Illinois. He attended Daley College in Chicago before beginning his career on the trading floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Phil Flynn - Energy
Phone: 800.935.6487
Email:pflynn@alaron.com

Stephen Davis

Stephen Davis started his career as a runner at The Mid America Commodity Exchange in 1980. Through the years he worked for Stottler Grain,O'Connor Grain, Dean Witter, and R.J.O'Brien. Mr. Davis has knowledge gained through experience on the trading floor in both the agricultural and financial markets. Seeing the technology shift from the floor to the screen, Mr.Davis moved his career off the trading floor in 1996.

RJO Futures is the retail division of R.J. O'Brien. To learn more visit rjofutures.com

Additional Contributing Authors

• Adam Klopfenstein of Lind-Waldock
• Alan Bush of Archer Financial Services
• Alard Russell of Optionetics.com
• Andrew Haning of Peak Trading Group, a division of Rosenthal Collins Group, LLC
• Andrew Neyens of Optionetics.com
• Andrew Page, Optionetics AU of Optionetics.com
• Barchart Analyst of Barchart.com
• Barchart Research Team of Barchart.com
• Barchart.com
• Ben Kim of Lind-Waldock
• Ben Mancha of Archer Financial Services
• Benjamin Pasulka of MF Global
• Blake Robben of Lind-Waldock
• Bob Haberkorn of Lind-Waldock
• Bob Hunt of The Pattern Trapper
• Bob Kozak of Alaron, TheCommodityConsultant.com
• Boyd Cruel of Alaron Trading Corporation
• Brian Henry of Archer Financial Services
• Brian M. Cullen of New World Trading
• Burton Schlichter of Daniels Trading
• CRB Research Team of Commodity Research Bureau
• Carley Garner of DeCarley Trading
• Carlos F. Pinilla G. of Arabicafe.com
• Carol Harmer of Technical Analysis Reports
• Carol Hurley of Lind-Waldock
• Chris Tyler of Optionetics.com
• Christopher Tyler of Optionetics.com
• Christy Olin of RJO Futures
• Clare White, CMT of Optionetics.com
• Cory Cameron of Trendphonic Futures Trading, LLC
• Daniel Faretta of Lind-Waldock
• Daniel Pavilonis of Lind-Waldock
• Darrell Jobman of TraderPlanet.com
• Dave Meger of Alaron Trading Corporation
• David Dixon of Optionetics.com
• David Pappas of Archer Financial Services
• Dennis Cajigas of Lind-Waldock
• Donna Heidkamp of RJO Futures
• Doug Bergman of MF Global
• Francisco Ramirez of Archer Financial Services
• Frank D. Cholly of Lind-Waldock
• Frank J. Cholly of Lind-Waldock
• Frederic Ruffy of Whatstrading.com
• Frederic Ruffy of Optionetics.com
• Futures Press Editorial Staff of Futures Press, Inc.
• Gary Kamen of Pricecharts.com
• Gary Kamen of Commodity Research Bureau
• George Cocalis of Brewer Investment Group
• Greg Grow of Archer Financial Services
• Greg Milkovich of Lind-Waldock
• Greg Perlin of Lind-Waldock
• Guy Halpin of Optionetics.com
• Hank King of Trendphonic Futures Trading, LLC
• Hiland Doolittle of Online Forex Trading
• Howard Tyllas of www.futuresflight.com
• Ira Epstein of Ira Epstein Division of The Linn Group
• Jack Wong of Optionetics.com
• James Barrett of Lind-Waldock
• James Cordier & Michael Gross of Liberty Trading Group
• James Cordier & Michael Gross, Optionsellers.com of Optionetics.com
• James Mound of Mound Report
• Jamie Saettele of Daily Fx
• Jared Irish of Archer Financial Services
• Jay Brown of Commodity Research Bureau - CRB
• Jay Kaeppel of Optionetics.com
• Jeff Neal of Optionetics.com
• Jeff Roy of Alaron Trading Corporation
• Jeffrey Friedman of Lind-Waldock
• Jeremy Ascher of Chartwhiz.com, Inc.
• Jeremy Knutson of Hurley & Associates
• Jerry Gidel of RJO Futures
• Jesse Arriaga of Archer Financial Services
• Jim Comiskey of Lind-Waldock
• Jim Harrison of eMiniMaster.com
• Jim Prince of US Charts
• Jim Riley of The Linn Group
• Jim Wyckoff of TraderPlanet.com
• Jimmy Tintle of Transworld Futures
• Jody Osborne of Optionetics.com
• Joe Gelet of Elite E Services FX Capital - Forex Systems
• Joe Vaclavik of MF Global Inc.
• John Bougearel of Financial Futures Analysis
• John Caruso of Lind-Waldock
• John Jeffery of Optionetics.com
• John Kicklighter of Daily Fx
• John Yackley of Be Free Investments
• Jordon Craw of Optionetics.com
• Joseph Nikruto of RJO Futures
• Joseph Ponzio of Option Investments, Inc
• Josh Russo of Peak Trading Group
• Judy Crawford of Zaner
• Julia Lee of Optionetics.com
• Julia Lee, Optionetics AU, Europe of Optionetics.com
• Jurgens Bauer of Jurgens Bauer & Associates
• Justin Kelly of EHedger LLC
• Ken Hughes of Lind-Waldock
• Ken Paddison of Optionetics.com
• Ken Paddison, of Optionetics.com
• Kevin Klombies of TraderPlanet.com
• Kim Diehl of Optionetics.com
• Larry Baer of Zaner
• Larry Levin of Secrets of Traders
• Laura Oatney of Lind-Waldock
• Lee Gaus of EFG Group
• Leslie Burton of Daniels Trading
• Lynn Smith of ZANER
• Manesh Patel of EII Capital Group
• Marc Cholly of Lind-Waldock
• Mario La Marra of Optionetics.com
• Mark Barretto, Optionetics AU of Optionetics.com
• Mark S. Longo of The Options Insider
• Mark Soderberg of Archer Financial Services
• Marty Lundgren of Lind-Waldock
• Mathew Barnes of Optionetics.com
• Matt Baker of Optionetics.com
• Matt McKinney of Zaner
• Matthew Baker of Optionetics.com
• Matthew Barnes of Optionetics.com
• Matthew Bradbard of MB Wealth
• Matthew Krupski of Lind-Waldock
• Matthew Roma of Lind-Waldock
• Michael Hinman of Lind-Waldock
• Michael Maniatis of LaSalle Futures Group
• Michael Marshall of Lind-Waldock
• Michael Noonan of Edge Trader Plus
• Michael Radkay of RDS Trader
• Michael Sabo of Lind-Waldock
• Michael Sander & Erik Gebhard of Altavest Worldwide
• Mike Zarembski of XPRESSTRADE
• Millennium Traders
• Mohammed Isah of FXTechstrategy.com
• Mohan of 21st Century Futures, LLC
• Monty Carlson of Heartland Commodities and Securities Inc.
• Nate Smith of The Linn Group
• Noble DraKoln of Speculator Academy
• Noel Campbell of Optionetics.com
• Noel Rojas of eXtra Mile Trading, LLC
• Ockham Research Staff of Ockham Research
• Online Forex Trading Authors of Online Forex Trading
• Optionetics Staff Writers of Optionetics.com
• Options Scholar of Options Scholar
• Paul Brittain of Alaron Las Vegas
• Paul Rieger of MF Global Inc.
• Phil Streible of Lind-Waldock
• Phil Streible & Richard Ilczyszyn of Lind-Waldock
• PitGuru.com Authors of PitGuru.com
• Richard Ilczyszyn of Lind-Waldock
• Richard Lee of Online Forex Trading
• Richard Roscelli of Alaron Las Vegas
• Rick Alexander of Zaner
• Robert Colby of TraderPlanet.com
• Robin Lofton, Profit Strategies of Optionetics.com
• Robin Lofton, Profit Strategies.com of Optionetics.com
• Robin Lofton, ProfitStrategies.com of Optionetics.com
• Rosanne Lim of Online Forex Trading
• Scott J. Harms of Archer Financial Services
• Scott Kramer of Optionetics.com
• Sinan Koray of Optionetics.com
• Steve Platt of Archer Financial Services
• Steve Salman of Option Investments, Inc.
• Stewart Solaka of LaSalle Futures Group
• Thomas J. Feeney of Archer Financial Services
• Thomas Mikulski of Lind-Waldock
• Tim Evans of Lind-Waldock
• Tim Haberkorn of Lind-Waldock
• Tim Hannagan of Alaron Trading Corporation
• Tim Walker of Optionetics.com
• Todd Brown of The Trading Authority
• Tom Gentile, ProfitStrategies.com of Optionetics.com
• Tom Scollon of Optionetics.com
• Tony Kasathsko of Mercados Derivados Latino America div, MF Global
• Tony Lorenzo of TheGrainTrader.com
• William Dixon of Lind-Waldock
• Zantrio Commentators of Zantrio.com