John Michael Connor John Michael Connor has been involved in the commodity markets for over thirty years. Mr. Connor has been a principal of commodity trading advisors beginning in June 1980. From 1982 to 1989, he was a registered floor broker and member of the Chicago Mercantile exchange during which time he handled trading for both his own account, customer accounts and proprietary accounts of several clearing firms. He has produced market letters and market price information primarily oriented towards professional traders, and has also managed trading in proprietary accounts for clearing firms on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. In February 2012, he became an associated person with Cunningham Commodities, LLC, a futures commission merchant and continues in that capacity today. A 1971 graduate of Indiana State University, Mr. Connor has made frequent guest appearances on several television and radio financial talk shows. In addition to publishing, Mr. Connor also has conducted several futures and options trading seminars and workshops. Before he entered the brokerage industry, Mr. Connor had a career as a journalist, working on a financial desk and as a general assignment reporter for major metropolitan newspapers. Mr. Connor became a principal and associated person of the Advisor on October 1, 2016.

Mr. Andrew Haleen executes the revamped Modified Program for the Advisor. Mr. Haleen began managing client assets on a proprietary basis in 2005 through Keystone Capital Management which ran a delta-hedged short-gamma index option strategy. Since that time, he founded AP Futures, a volatility-focused CTA; co-founded Capital Edge Advisors, a volatility-focused hedge fund; managed institutional client relationships from the High Yield Credit Sales & Trading desk of BNP Paribas in New York; and served Ultra High Net Worth Clients within the Citi Family Office in Los Angeles with a focus on structured option strategies. Mr. Haleen earned his MBA at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business where he graduated with Honors and earned concentrations in Analytic Finance as well as Econometrics & Statistics. In terms of trading philosophy, Mr. Haleen believes that the market and volatility market in particular shifts between different environments where different return drivers and risk management techniques go in and out of favor.

William D Anthony is a Chicago lawyer with 32 years’ experience. His experience includes representing business and individuals in corporate transactions, regulatory compliance, litigation of cases in securities, futures regulation, intellectual property and other commercial cases. Bill has also represented securities and commodity investors, brokerage firms and financial advisors in investor lawsuits and has represented bankruptcy trustees in advisory cases. He has also represented investors and financial institutions in property tax matters.

Mr. Anthony began his career in 1980 with the CFTC in Washington, the NFA in Chicago and has been a partner in a CBOE member firm. He received his B.S. degree in Economics from the University of Illinois, and J.D. Law, and M.A., economics, and M.A., Public Policy and administration at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.