The Path to Electronic Trading

Mike Unetich: The Path to Electronic Trading

by John Lothian | Oct 21, 2020

Mike Unetich always liked trading and investing classes in college and in fact started trading options from his dorm room. He saw newspaper ads for option floor clerks and through some friends who worked at Spear, Leeds & Kellogg in New York was referred to DRW in Chicago, where he was hired.

Ralph Moses – The Path to Electronic Trading

by John Lothian | Oct 20, 2020

Ralph Moses started in futures with Geldermann, helping them use a new IBM mainframe. He later started developing a system called Order Express for Lind Waldock, one of the first electronic trading front ends.

Help John Lothian News Capture Industry History with GoFundMe Campaign

by John Lothian | Oct 8, 2020

We need your help. John Lothian News is running a GoFundMe campaign to support our MarketsWiki Education history-focused video series and our company at large.

Dan Gramza – The Path to Electronic Trading

by John Lothian | Sep 23, 2020

Dan Gramza sat for an interview with John Lothian News for the MarketsWiki Education The Path to Electronic Trading video series. Gramza tells the story of how he got started in trading with stock options in 1974.

Gerry Corcoran’s One Day of Working on the CBOT Trading Floor Started A Path to Electronic Trading

by John Lothian | Sep 10, 2020

Gerry Corcoran spent just one day working on the trading floor, during the drought of the summer of 1988. What he saw convinced him that in order for RJ O’Brien to grow, they needed to add technology to enhance order flow to and from the trading floors.