ProOpticus
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| ProOpticus by Prime Analytics, LLC | |
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| Founded | 1994 |
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| Headquarters | Chicago |
| Key People | John P. Kelley, President |
| Employees | 20 |
| Products | OPTION TRADER, RISK MANAGER, HANDHELD TRADER, e-ProTrader |
| Web site | www.ProOpticus.com |
ProOpticus™ [1]is a line of derivatives trading and risk management software application products offered by PRIME Analytics, LLC. Available are front end, risk measurement and management modules capable of being integrated with back office systems. Electronic trading platforms for all major exchanges worldwide are supported.
Users number in the hundreds and include investment banks, trading firms, futures commission merchants, hedge funds and market makers among others. Clients are located throughout the United State, Europe and Asia.
The managing founders of PRIME Analytics are John P. Kelley, Shawn LaMaster and Joseph Campbell. The firm's headquarters are in Chicago, with offices in New York, London, and Tucson.
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Products and Services
The ProOpticus products focus on three trading functions for both floor and screen traders:
- 1) Valuation
- Futures, fixed income, equities, FX, indexes
- Seven American-style and eight European-style option pricing models
- Five volatility skew models
- Six pre-defined strategies
- 2) Trade Execution
- Floor: dynamic delta sheets, printed delta sheets, trade cards
- Screen: order entry, option spreads, automated trading
- 3) Risk Management
- Position analysis
- Universal risk management
- Real-time risk monitor
ProOpticus OPTION TRADER performs option pricing and portfolio analysis.
ProOpticus RISK MANAGER offers all of the features of OPTION TRADER plus added features for risk managers.
ProOpticus HANDHELD TRADER offers all the features of OPTION TRADER to traders who use handheld devices on the floor.
ProOpticus e-ProTrader offers all of the features of OPTION TRADER to traders who trade electronically.
Key People
Managing Partners
- John P. Kelley, President
- Shawn LaMaster, Senior Systems Analyst
- Joseph Campbell, Senior Quantitative Analyst
Technical Analysts
- Jack Coyle, Senior Technical Analyst
- Aileen James, Senior Technical Analyst
- Martin Smith, Senior Technical Analyst
- Tim Coyne, Technical Analyst
- Mark Kelley, Senior Technical Analyst
- Dave Zurkowski, Senior Client Strategist
- Steve Essany , Technical Analyst
- Chris Mayer, Technical Analyst
Software Engineers
- Angus Woodbury, Senior Software Engineer
- John Joganic, Senior Software Engineer
- Roland Trainor, Senior Software Engineer
- Jeff Wambolt, Senior Software Engineer
- John Kelly, Software Engineer
- Patrick Cude, Senior Software Engineer
- Geoffrey Gulotta, Senior Software Engineer
- Kyle Bennett, Software Engineer
- Douglas E. Smith, Software Engineer
References
- ↑ ProOpticus by PRIME Analytics. PRIME Analytics. Retrieved on December 7,2007.



