Jay Kaeppel (Naperville, IL)? is a successful trading strategist for Optionetics, Inc. , and has a weekly column titled "Kaeppel's Corner" in which he writes on a variety of trading topics for www. Optionetics. com. ? Jay has been profiled in Futures magazine, and Barclays Managed Accounts Report, and is author of The Four Biggest Mistakes in Futures Trading, Four Biggest Mistakes in Option Trading, ? and The Option Trader's Guide to Probability, Volatility and Timing, ? all of which have achieved the Top 10 List at www. traderslibrary. com. With 18 years of programming experience, Jay has written a variety of software programs, most notably "Option Pro" trading software, voted "Best Option Trading System" six consecutive years in Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities Magazine. ? As Director of Research for Essex Trading Co. , Ltd. (1989-2004), he served as a software developer and trading systems designer, and until 2003 he managed futures trading accounts as a CTA, ? registering seven consecutive profitable years. ? He earned his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Western Illinois University in 1981.
