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The Master Trader & Educator
“Those who can’t do, teach” is a truncation of a line from Man and Superman, a 1905 George Bernard Shaw play. It’s a maxim that’s often true in the world of options trading, where hucksters pose as teachers to peddle pointless newsletters or charge fees for dubious advice. Yet, one altruistic educator offers true wisdom to options traders struggling to negotiate the markets—and he doesn’t charge a cent for it.
Meet Tony Battista.
Tony “The Bat” Battista has been “in it to win it” since his early days on the streets of Brooklyn.
The legendary trader, skillful educator and valued co-host to Tom Sosnoff on the tastylive financial network, recently sat down with Luckbox to reflect on how he taught himself to trade and why he helps...
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Meet the Trader: Caulin T. Struyk
By Yesi D
|Meet the trader Caulin T. Struyk in a Q&A about his trading experience. -
Meet Stephen Bigalow
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|Office location Houston Age 69 Years trading 48 How did you start trading? When I was 8 years old, my dad bought me one share of Eazor Express [a trucking… -
Meet Micheal Antzas
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|Home/Office location Tulsa, Oklahoma Age 63 Years trading 25 How did you start trading? The company I worked for 27 years ago offered a 401(k), and on the weekends I… -
The Apprentice: A Mathematical Edge
|As he learns trading, a teenager is already stockpiling financial wisdom—and cash In the case of 18-year-old Jacob Intrator, youth isn’t wasted on the young. While learning to trade equities,… -
THE JOURNEYMAN: THE PATH TO A 153,000% RETURN
By Ed McKinley
|Son Dao has made a fortune in almost no time by bucking the market’s bearishness. He turned $1,600 into $2.5 million in 17 months. Yes, Luckbox verified the numbers. Twenty-eight-year-old… -
Meet Stefanie Kammerman
By Yesi D
|Home/Office location Las Vegas Age 52 Years trading 28 How did you start trading? Happy hour! I got lucky and got offered a job as a trader’s assistant working in… -
Meet Bobby Gaines
By Yesi D
|Home/Office location Bowdon, GA Age 52 Years trading 11 How did you start trading? I was installing a Roku box on my television and found tastytrade! Initially, I wondered about… -
Meet Ivan Fediv
By Yesi D
|Home/Office location: Chicago Age: 20 Years trading: 3 How did you start trading? In high school, I ran a high-end streetwear and sneaker reselling business, which taught me how to… -
Meet Sanjeev Malhotra
By Yesi D
|Home/Office location East Brunswick, New Jersey Age 51 Years trading 22 How did you start trading? I began trading during the stock market’s great bull run in 1992 and made… -
Meet Payal Swami
By Yesi D
|Home/Office location Tustin, California Age 45 Years trading Seven How did you start trading? My sister introduced me to options trading. I had just walked away from a 20-year career… -
Meet Aneta Genova
By Yesi D
|Home/Office location New York City Years trading 12 How did you start trading? I was running my own business for small leather goods about 17 years ago, and when I… -
Meet Mike Niemotka
By Yesi D
|Home/Office location Round Lake, Illinois Age 54 Years trading 20 How did you start trading? My father introduced me to investing around the age of 13, but it was more… -
Meet Kimberly Jane
By Yesi D
|@mommavestor Home/Office location Washington Years trading Three How did you start trading? I have been engaged in the stock market for most of my adult life, but at first I… -
Meet Dino Karahalios
By Yesi D
|Home/Office location: Wauconda, Illinois Age: 68 Years trading: 16 How did you start trading? I attended a presentation by Tom Sosnoff, who was then CEO of thinkorswim. He spent a… -
Meet Joseph Barbuto
By Yesi D
|Home/Office location Long Island, NY Age 59 Years trading 25 How did you start trading? Around 1987, I was working for a small electronics company that Bear Sterns took public.… -
Meet Derek Mullen
By Yesi D
|Home/Office location: Dublin, Ireland Age: 48 Years trading: 15 How did you start trading? I was lucky enough to be working for a company that issued stock to its employees.… -
Meet Alex Weisenbach
By Yesi D
|Home/Office location Cornell University (Class of 2023) Age 20 Alex Weisenbach began investing when he was 9 years old. Upon discovering tastytrade, a network that covers stocks and options, he… -
Meet George Michalopoulos
By Yesi D
|TitleCrypto trader and portfolio manager Home/Office locationMiami Beach, Florida Age38 Years trading15 How did you start trading?Originally during the tech stock boom in the early 2000s while still in… -
Learning the Trade (Part 2)
By Yesi D
|Two Gen Z TikTok influencers are learning the fine art of trading stocks and options from a seasoned pro—and they’re doing it in real time on the tastytrade network In… -
Meet Christopher Vecchio
By Yesi D
|Title Senior currency strategist, DailyFX Home/Office location Lower Manhattan & Westhampton, New York Age 32 Years trading 17 How did you start trading? I was 14 years old and…