Gary Phillips

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Gender	Male
Industry	Education
Occupation	Trader
Location	Philadelphia, PA, United States
Introduction	Gary began trading in 1971, and learned how to trade from futures industry legends, Leo Melamed, Tom Dittmer, and Barry Lind. At the age of 23, he became one of the youngest members of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, trading livestock and foreign currency futures. In 1979 he left the CME, to trade 30 Year Treasury Bond Futures at the Chicago Board of Trade, purchased a membership at the CBOT in 1982, and for the next 25 years, was a consistently profitable trader, in the largest and most volatile futures pit in the world. Gary functioned as a market maker, day trader, and position trader, trading front month bonds, calendar and yield curve spreads, bond options, and grains After open outcry trading migrated to the screen, Gary left the floor and quickly adapted to electronic trading. He is one of only a few of asset managers in the U.S. to have roots in the futures pits.