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In , Kevin joined Conti Commodities, a division of Continental Grain, and specialized in institutional futures hedging in agricultural commodities. Continuing this path, his career has taken him to Smith Barney in , Prudential Bache in and ABN AMRO in , where he continued to develop and implement hedging programs utilizing futures and options in a wide range of markets.
In Dec , Kevin moved to HighGround Trading Group with the intention of providing the same highly specialized service to his client base, while gaining the ability to introduce clients to a number of different clearing firms.
Also, Kevin specializes in creating and executing complex option strategies and arbitraging between both the screen and pit. Christian started in the futures industry on the floor of the Board of Trade in the Corn futures pit.
After working in the pit, he worked on the European Desk at multinational FCM handling orders for Asian and European clients. Christian has worked with HighGround since its inception in Christian assists several of his clients to diversify their portfolio by gaining exposure to the futures market. With a vast knowledge of managed futures and a passion for day trading, he prides himself as a true full service broker.
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Christian also makes a concerted effort in helping educate clients who are new to the futures market. Andy Kopale brings over 12 years of industry experience to HighGround after graduating from with a Finance degree and a minor in Agriculture Economics from Southern Illinois University.
After gaining his first industry experience as a runner on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade, Andy quickly advanced in his career and became the assistant manager of Iowa Grain's grain desk. As the industry shifted to predominantly electronic trading, Andy moved from working on the floor to working in the office.
Since leaving the floor, Andy has continued to gain valuable experience working closely with a wide away of customers from across the country including large elevators, hedgers, and those looking to speculate in the markets. Andy is a firm believer in the use of proper risk management through various futures and options strategies.
Andy is committed to integrity and always putting his customers' interests first. Marc Ben Rubin has 28 years of industry experience.
Before coming to HighGround in , Marc managed the order desk at several different trading firms. Having also worked with system developers and computer trading systems since , Marc has gained a strong background in system trading. Marc believes in a systematic, disciplined approach to trading with an emphasis on risk and money management. Ed Varin brings over 30 years of grain market experience to HighGround. Ed has expertise in wide variety of areas such as spreads, option strategies, in depth knowledge of the cash markets both domestic and export, and fundamental research that he is able to provide.
Ed has worked for several different prominent grain trading companies in his career such as Cargill where he was a cash grain trader. Scotty brings a lifetime of experience to the industry. After a 10 year education on the Trading Floor, Scotty became a member of the CME in and then a member of the CBOT to the present.
He opened his own IB in , handling both speculative and hedge accounts as well as managed futures accounts for interest clients. He brings half a century of experience in the grain and livestock industry. Scotty runs the Barrington Commodities branch of HighGround from Barrington, IL. Alyssa started her career in at the Board of Trade managing a firm that had a primary focus in grains.
The nucleus of her position centered around order entry and research development; from there, Alyssa's enthusiasm for commodities continued to grow and expand. This enthusiasm led her to move to West Texas and assist in hedging for the largest originator of U.
Alyssa has now settled back in Chicago as a Trading Consultant for Highground Trading, Inc. Chris Hess joined HighGround Trading in early and serves as an Account Manager for the Dairy Division.
Raised on a farm in Michigan, Chris brings years of cash side experience to the business.
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My experience with him and his trading company is very pleasant, courteous, professional and profitable. The trades are made accurately and in a timely fashion in both my accounts, auto trade and the one developed by Greg.
I have no hesitation in recommending HighGround, especially Greg to anybody who is thinking of starting trading either via auto trading or with their own system. The risk of loss in trading futures and options can be substantial, therefore only genuine "risk" funds should be used in such trading.
Futures and options may not be a suitable investment for all individuals and individuals should carefully consider their financial condition in deciding whether to trade. Option traders should be aware that the exercise of a long option will result in a futures position.
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