Steve Claussen

Steve Claussen

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Steve Claussen is the Chief Investment Strategist at OptionsHouse.

A 25-year trading career in the derivatives industry took Steve to multiple continents before landing him back in Chicago at OptionsHouse in 2008.

Steve began his trading career in 1983 on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade, and progressed to the Chicago Board Options Exchange as head market maker for O'Connor & Associates, LLC, becoming one of the largest market makers in the SPX and OEX option trading pits. Steve left the floor in 1990 to become risk manager for O'Connor, where he was in charge of listed and OTC Index trading. He spent five years overseas in Tokyo and London for Swiss Bank Corporation as executive director and head trader, focused on Asia Pacific derivative products.

After returning to the United States, Steve was managing director at Wachovia Securities, as head of derivatives trading.

In 2005, Steve arrived at PEAK6 Investments -- a proprietary equity options trading firm that trades 3% of all listed equity options volume in the United States -- and the parent company of OptionsHouse.