The next Chicago QWAFAFEW meeting will feature the founders of two Chicago financial technology startups, Dave Jaberg of GX2 Systems and Euan Sinclair of FactorWave. FactorWave brings sophisticated factor trading in equities and options to the broader investing public with an innovative and exceptional web-based platform. GX2 Systems offers simultaneous multi-leg trades free from execution or "legging" risk at a streaming quoted price on its innovative platform.
The meeting will be held at CBOE, the Chicago Board Options Exchange, 400 South LaSalle Street, entering on Van Buren between LaSalle and Financial Place. Doors will open at 5:00 pm for conversation, light food and drinks. The event will start at 5:30 and officially end at 7:00 pm.
Online ticket sales now closed. Payment at regristation is possible. Registration table will close by 5:45 pm.
<span style="background-color:transparent">KPMG reports global fintech VC funding will be up 36% over last year’s record at the current funding pace. Chicago’s global prominence in derivative exchanges and its vibrant community of fintech professionals may magnify its role in this wave compared to others. Next Tuesday’s meeting offers you a close-up view of two local fintech startups and the opportunity compare notes and update your expectations about the magnitude of Chicago’s participation in the global fintech innovation wave. </span>
<span style="background-color:transparent">Both speakers will touch on these key themes:</span>
- Conception of of the startup idea
- Getting the ball rolling
- Demonstration of key platform functionalities
- Reception of the idea and the product
There will be generous time for questions and discussion.
Brief bios of the speakers:
David Jaberg is the President & CEO of both GX2 Systems and its wholly owned broker-dealer subsidiary, GX2 Spread Markets. David began in the financial industry as a runner on the Chicago Board of Trade. He now has over twenty five years of experience in proprietary trading. In 2013, Dave was a founder of GX2 Systems, a FinTech firm which combines proprietary technology and tightly controlled principal risk taking to provide relative value spread execution to clients free of leg execution uncertainty. In addition, David has just completed his PhD in Economics from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Euan Sinclair is the co-founder and CEO of FactorWave.com. He is a trader with twenty years of professional option trading experience. After clerking on the LIFFE floor he became a market maker in DAX and EuroStoxx options. He has subsequently traded options on indices, stocks, commodities and interest rate products as well as a number of equity and future’s strategies. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Bristol and has written two books, “Volatility Trading” and “Option Trading,” as well as numerous papers and articles. Originally from New Zealand, Dr Sinclair now lives in Chicago.