Sam Kirtley has been involved in investment and trading in the financial markets for a number of years and has experience in stock investment and analysis as well as options trading. In 2009 SK Options Trading was formed to cater to clients looking to utilize options to maximize the performance of their trading/investing. Sam & SK Options Trading can be followed on Twitter @skoptions Particularly geared to options trading is SK OptionTrader which is a premium service offering real time options trading signals via email. The service has been performing well with the model portfolio is up 1354% since inception, working out as an annualized return of 43%. The average return of 25.8% per recommended trade includes losses. It total SK OptionTrader has closed 200 trades with 178 closed at a profit. He was a founder of gold-prices.biz among other investment websites and continues to contribute regularly on these sites. Sam has studied finance and economics and uses his knowledge along with his trading experience in his writing.