PATRICK BELL

30 Magnolia Avenue, San Anselmo, California 94960

415-672-1221
EXPERIENCE
BTIG LLC, San Francisco, CA
Vice President - Outsource Equity and Options Trader January 2006 - July 2010
* Acted as buy side trader for hedge fund clients by executing orders per portf
olio manager's instructions, alerted the portfolio manager to portfolio relevant
trading opportunities, news and general market color
* Increased option trading volume significantly with inactive hedge fund client
s by educating them on the advantages of an options overlay strategy and then ex
ecuting and managing the appropriate option strategies
* Managed sell side relationships and soft dollars for hedge fund clients by di
recting orders to various brokers to enable access to firm's research and confer
ences
* Wrote daily pre and post- market commentary summarizing the day's market high
lights and catalysts and sent to all firm's clients
* Covered western half of US as sole TradeSave (BTIG's electronic trading platf
orm) sales representative from Jan. '06 until Sep '06, opening 12 previously unc
overed accounts in 9 months with the product having never been actively marketed
before
* Advised on product development and marketing strategies
A.K. LIMITED, San Francisco, CA
Proprietary Trader December 2002 - December 2005
* Managed a proprietary trading account employing a market neutral, relative va
lue pairs trading strategy
* Utilized quantitative and technical filtering model to identify prospective p
airs that would offer the highest probability of a near term, small percentage m
ean reversion
* Oversaw all aspects of risk management and compliance with firm's policies
SOLE PROPRIETOR, San Francisco, CA
Options Market Maker, Member of the Pacific Exchange November 1989 - December 20
02
* Made markets and provided liquidity in all market conditions in the options o
f many underlying equities
* Managed multi-layered portfolio risk including: Delta, Gamma, Theta, Vega, Rh
o and effective hedging of these variables while competing for trades in an extr
emely competitive environment
* Managed margin requirements for the account to make sure it was in compliance
with Regulation T and clearing firm policies
* Averaged annual returns of 150% (pre-multiple listing)
* Pacific Exchange seat owner
RESNICK TRADING, San Francisco, CA
Market Technician July 1989 - November 1989
* Assisted in hedging a large options portfolio by identifying optimal buy/sell
points to get delta neutral
CHARLES SCHWAB, San Francisco, CA
Options Liaison. Registered Representative July 1987 - November 1989
COAST OPTIONS, San Francisco, CA
Institutional Options Phone Clerk September 1986 - July 1987
EDUCATION
University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley CA June 1986
B.A. Political Science
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SECURITIES LICENSES
Series 7, 63, 55