Unusual Options Course

Learn how to use unusual options activity to manage your options and equity position. On the trading floor, the term ‘paper’ was used to denote the large institutional orders carried into the trading pits by brokers. While it is unethical (and illegal) to trade based on non-public information, once an order is sent to the exchange it becomes public information – and anyone can trade off of this. Jonathan Rose shows you how to use this information in this 90 minute video series.

Also covered in the workshop: skew, option spreads, using ‘unusual activity’ as support and resistance, and how to trade off institutional flow.

If you’re trading without following order flow this workshop will be immediate ‘value add’ for your trading account. 

Learn From a Proven Pro! 

In 1998, Jonathan Rose began his career on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  As a pioneer of computer based trading, Jonathan was a key player in providing liquidity to the young Globex market. After 5 years trading Nasdaq Futures he was recruited to join a technology focused Fixed Income trading firm.

From 2003 to 2010, Jonathan was one of four Senior Partners at a proprietary trading firm in Chicago. He joined the firm as the 6th employee and ascended to the position of Director of Futures Trading where he was responsible for all proprietary trading operations. Jonathan built and directly managed a large group of traders (15+) and was responsible for overseeing the performance of the trading floor (60+ traders). Jonathan trained in excess of 30 traders in all aspects of Fixed Income trading.

From 2010- 2013, Jonathan had been an Equity Options Market Maker on the CBOE.  He developed and managed his own portfolio, actively trading 100 plus stocks concurrently.

In 2014, Jonathan joined a private Family Office (Hedge Fund) in the suburbs of Chicago. Jonathan has worked with the firm’s investment team designing and implementing a pair trading investment strategy that focuses on Closed End Funds. He also promotes and supports other strategies within the firm, with a focus on business development. Jonathan graduated in 1997 from the University of Miami, FL with a B.S.  He is a 2015 Level 2 CFA Candidate.

Jonathan completed the Madison Ironman in 2011, as well as 4 Marathons in the last 4 years. He spends his free time with his beautiful wife, two boys and his guitar.