Michael Williams

With a couple of decades of experience as an option market maker and institutional floor broker on the trading floor, I have some opinions (not always right). I do have a decent grasp of options and market mechanics. I have lectured and consulted for exchanges, the SEC, universities, and private investment funds as well as taught courses in the financial field.

Working for a financial software company takes a good part of my time (Silexx Financial Systems, a financial software company that designed the trading/risk management platform, Obsidian, is a vendor-neutral stock, equity and option trading platform.)

The bulk of my time is managing partner of Kinetic Strategic Group (KSG) - a private investment ...More firm. We have a great team of guys/gals and the products we are working on are exciting.

Of course there is a DAILY news letter I type up every morning before the sun comes up and email out.

Being neither a Democrat or Republican – I fall somewhere in the Austrian / Chicago School of Thought, some would even say more laissez faire. One of my favorite American historical figures is Thomas Paine. I like to believe that I try to measure up to Paine's quote: "The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is Reason. I have never used any other, and I trust I never shall."

FYI my profile picture is ..... (one of my favorite historical figures - Not Tom) Any Guess?

Even with pressure on long-term yields and a rise in the dollar index, the RUT managed to see some relief into the close and rallied back. May 8, 2012