Patrick Woods

Patrick Woods has a diverse work experience in the finance and trading industry. Patrick currently holds the position of Head of Dealing Operations at ThinkMarkets, a role they have been in since October 2022. Prior to that, they were the Head of Options at ThinkMarkets from October 2018 to December 2022.

Before joining ThinkMarkets, Patrick worked as a Portfolio Manager at Ketchum Trading, LLC. from May 2016 to October 2018. Patrick'sresponsibilities included market making in SPX and VIX options, executing proprietary strategies, and managing risk for portfolios.

Patrick also held the position of Senior Specialist Retail Trading at TD Ameritrade from March 2014 to May 2016.

Patrick'searlier experience includes roles such as Proprietary Equity Option Trader at Archelon Group from January 2008 to June 2014, Commodity Option Market Maker at Traditum Group from June 2011 to August 2012, and Independent Equity Option Market Maker at DRO/WST Trading LLC from 2006 to 2008.

Before that, Patrick worked as a Proprietary Equity Option Market Maker at SKTY II Trading from 2004 to 2006 and as Vice President - Portfolio Manager at SLK Hull Derivatives from 1995 to 2002. In these roles, they focused on trading listed equity options, executed proprietary strategies, and managed portfolios.

Overall, Patrick Woods has gained extensive experience in market making, executing proprietary strategies, managing risk, and trading in various market sectors throughout their career.

Patrick Woods obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In addition, they have obtained several certifications, including "Using Databases with Python," "Using Python to Access Web Data," "Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python)," and "Python Data Structures" from Coursera. Patrick has also obtained certifications in Series 3, Series 34, Series 56, Series 63, and Series 7 from FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority). The exact dates of when they obtained the FINRA certifications are not provided.