My name is Miles Hoffman and I trade options with an emphasis on selling them. My focus is on trading index options, although I do trade options on individual stocks (despite being bitten by the "Black Swan" of specific risk, I can not resist attractive returns - or stories - where ever I may find them).

I spent 20 years in research departments on the buy side, primarily as a technology and insurance analyst at 2 large institutional investment firms. Having a computer programming background, I was an early "quant" (that never found the right home) with a "heretical" belief in technical analysis.

Inbetween these two firms, I worked as a portfolio manager for the Social Security system of Kuwait (which has REAL money to invest, unlike the pyramid scheme of my home country). Initially I managed a convertible bond portfolio and later managed a conventional bond/stock portfolio. In 1991, I found my "15 minutes of fame" in Kuwait when I unsuccessfully tried to avoid being taken hostage by the invading Iraqi army and was instead shot in the process (but that is a different - and long - story).

Besides investing, I enjoy reading, gardening and any activity around water.