Tony Zhang
Tony Zhang is a renowned CNBC Contributor and Chief Strategist at OptionsPlay, a leading options education and technology firm committed to revolutionizing the trading experience. In his role, he leads the research and development of their OptionsPlay Ideas and Portfolio platform. He has also developed and managed many of the firm's partnerships—from the Options Industry Council, Nasdaq, Montreal Exchange, Merrill Lynch, Fidelity Investments, Schwab, and Raymond James Financial. Tony is a specialist in the financial services industry with more than 10 years of experience spanning product development, research, and market strategist roles across equities, foreign exchange, and derivatives. A proven thought leader and contributor on CNBC's Options Action show, Tony shares ideas on using options to leverage gain while reducing risk.
Tony Zhang Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Chief Strategist
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FX Market Strategist, GAIN Capital
Academic History
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B.S., Finance and Investments
Tony took OptionsPlay from the ground up, building the product suite and bringing it to market for both institutional and retail markets within 18 months.
He assembled a team of developers, designers, and quants to create the OptionsPlay product suite, one of the newest innovations in options trading and analysis.
An advocate for the responsible use of options trading, he has led the industry in promoting education for all market participants.
He also established and managed partnerships with leading options industry institutions.
EXPERTISE
Tony is a leading education on option and trading strategies around multiple world markets.
He has leveraged his interest in financial technology and product development to provide innovative, reimagined solutions to clients and the users they seek to serve.
He also has market expertise within both large institutions and start-up roles to create intuitive trading tools focused on the overall user experience.
EARLY CAREER
He spent seven years at Forex.com with a capital markets and research background as a market strategist specializing in equity and FX derivatives markets.
He was a FX Market Strategist at GAIN Capital, now StoneX Group, where he managed a book of 2000+ retail and institutional clients, providing market color and structuring trades from clients' market views and ideas.
He also advised marketing and technology teams on developing an intuitive trading platform catered to multi-asset trading.
He has been a frequent commentator on CNBC and Yahoo! Finance.