Sean McLaughlin

Sean is a former Exchange Member of the Chicago Board of Trade with 20 years of trading experience in equities, options, futures, and forex. He continues to trade independently, while at one time running a small trend-following hedge fund that he founded, as well as spending time managing capital at various proprietary trading firms in Tampa and Chicago. He also previously served for 7 years as Director of Community at StockTwits -- the world's largest social financial community -- responsible for driving user growth and enhancing user engagement and experience. Today, his skills are being utilized in dual roles as the Chief Options Strategist at AllStarCharts.com, and he proudly handles business development, sales, customer training, and market strategy for Trade-Ideas -- the only provider of Artificial Intelligence to professional and retail market participants in a SAAS model.