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Russell Levens

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Russell Levins is a Chicago-based listed derivatives industry executive and serves as the U.S. head of customer engagement for cleared derivatives for ION Markets. 
Previously, he served as managing partner of Oxford Global Derivatives, an advisory firm, and before that as CEO of G.H. Financials LLC, the Chicago-based futures commission merchant arm of G.H. Financials. Also, he was an executive with Velocity Futures.
== Background ==
Levens spent time as senior vice president of Newedge USA where he gained extensive experience with exchange-traded derivatives as well as with operations, sales and relationship management. Before that, Levens worked for Fortis Clearing in London before moving to Chicago lead as chief executive officer of Fortis Clearing Chicago. 
He started his career in 1986 as a market maker on the London Stock Exchange. Levens has held memberships on the CBOT, CME and Nymex.
== Education ==
== References ==	
Category:Proprietary Trading Firm Executives
Category:G.H. Financials - Former Employees
Category:Oxford Global Derivatives - Former Employees
Russell Loubser

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Russell Loubser is the CEO of JSE Limited, owner of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and the Safex derivatives platform, and a member of its board of directors since 2000.
Loubser also serves on the board of directors of the World Federation of Exchanges.
== Background ==
Loubser joined the JSE as executive vice-president in 1997, assuming the CEO role following the group's restructuring in December 2000, and overseeing its demutualization and stock market listing.
Loubser qualified as a chartered accountant with Arthur Andersen in 1982 and moved into banking with Finansbank before joining Rand Merchant Bank, where he rose to become executive director of financial markets. While at RMB, he worked on the team which developed South Africa's futures industry, with the bank acting as the exchange, clearinghouse and sole market maker for the first contracts on a variety of equity indexes and long-term bonds. RMB was among the 21 institutions which formed Safex, and Loubser chaired the exchange for two years.
== Education ==
A graduate of the University of Pretoria.
== References ==
Category:Bios - Executives
Category:JSE Limited
Category:JSE Limited
Category:Exchange CEOs
Category:World Federation of Exchanges Board Member
Russell R. Wasendorf, Jr.

Russell R. Wasendorf, Jr. is the president and CEO of Complete Developer in Orlando, FL.
Formerly, he was the president and chief operating officer of PFGBEST.com, a privately held non-clearing futures commission merchant that was shut down by its regulator, the National Futures Association, in July of 2012 after massive fraud by its founder and chairman, Russell R. Wasendorf, Sr., was revealed. He had joined the company in 1987 and was named president on January 14, 2008, after previously serving as chief operating officer.
== Background ==
Wasendorf was one of three founding members of the FX Industry Association created in 2007. During his tenure at PFGBEST.com he helped launch BEST Direct, one of the first electronic trading platforms to link directly to the CME Group’s FIX API connection to the Globex trading engine in 1998. Also he created a FOREX Division, facilitated multiple acquisitions and aided in the expansion of the PFGBEST.com network of introducing brokers to nearly 400. 
== Education ==
Wasendorf is a graduate of the University of Iowa, Iowa City.
== References ==
Category:PFGBest.com
Category:PFGBEST.com
Category:Futures Brokers
Category:Former FCM Executives
Category:Bios - Executives
Russell Rhoads

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Russell Rhoads, CFA, is head of research and consulting at EQDerivatives.
He was previously head of derivatives research at TABB Group, which he joined in that role in July 2018. 
Earlier, he was director of education at the Cboe Options Institute, where he taught a variety of options courses for public and institutional investors. He joined the CBOE in 2009. His career spans more than 25 years and includes positions with several buy-side firms.
Rhoads is the author of five books: Candlestick Charting for Dummies; Option Spread Trading: A Comprehensive Guide to Strategies and Tactics; Trading VIX Derivatives: Trading and Hedging Strategies Using VIX Futures, Options and Exchange Traded Notes; The Warren Buffet Way, 3rd Edition Workbook; and Trading Weekly Options: Strategies for Short-Term Market Moves. He has edited books on investing for Wiley Publishing and regularly contributes options education articles to financial publications. 
In addition to his responsibilities at The Options Institute, Rhoads was an instructor for the Options Industry Council (OIC) – an educational organization representing the entire U.S. options industry. He also serves as an adjunct instructor at Benedictine University in Naperville, Illinois and the University of Illinois at Chicago. 
== Background ==
Before joining The Options Institute, Rhoads worked as a trader and an investment analyst at several companies, including: Highland Capital Management, Caldwell & Orkin Investment Counsel, TradeLink Securities and Millennium Management. 
== Education ==
Rhoads graduated from the University of Memphis with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1992 and a Master of Science degree in Finance in 1994. He also received a Masters Certificate in Financial Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 2003.
== References ==	
Category: Market Educators
Category:Bios - CBOE
Category:Cboe - Former Employees
Russell U.S. Indexes

Russell U.S. Indexes were developed by Russell Investments. All its U.S. indexes are subsets of the Russell 3000 E Index, which represents about 99% of the U.S. equity market. The Russell U.S. Indexes are:
Broad market indexes
Russell 3000E Index
Russell 3000 Index
 
Russell 3000 Growth Index
 
Russell 3000 Value Index
 
Large cap indexes
Russell 1000 Index
 
Russell 1000 Growth Index
 
Russell 1000 Value Index
Mega Cap Indexes
 
Russell Top 50 Index
 
Russell Top 200 Index
 
Russell Top 200 Growth Index
 
Russell Top 200 Value Index
 
Mid cap indexes
Russell Midcap Index
 
Russell Midcap Growth Index
 
Russell Midcap Value Index
 
Small cap indexes
Russell 2000 Index
 
Russell 2000 Growth Index
 
Russell 2000 Value Index
Russell Small Cap Completeness Index
 
Russell Small Cap Completeness Growth Index
 
Russell Small Cap Completeness Value Index
 
SMid cap indexes
Russell 2500 Index
 
Russell 2500 Growth Index
 
Russell 2500 Value Index
 
Micro cap indexes
Russell Microcap Index
 
Russell Microcap Growth Index
 
Russell Microcap Value Index
 
== References ==
Russell Wong

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Russell Wong is chief financial officer and vice president of finance and administration of APX. He joined the firm in May of 2004. In addition to his responsibilities as CFO, Wong is responsible for APX’s settlement services. 
== Background ==
Prior to joining APX, Wong provided financial advisory services to various public and privately-held technology companies, served as controller and vice president of financial strategies at Intend Change, a venture construction firm, and was the director of worldwide mergers and acquisitions for USWeb, an Internet professional services firm. 
Wong also worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he specialized in serving technology companies and worked with clients in the successful completion of a number of M&A and public equity offerings. Wong earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics with a minor in management from the University of California, Irvine and is a licensed CPA in California.
== References ==	
Category:APX
Category:Weather
Category:Environmental Markets
Russian Trading System Stock Exchange

Also see: Moscow Exchange
The Russian Trading System Stock Exchange was a stock exchange based in Russia. In 2011, the two biggest Russian exchanges at the time - MICEX and RTS - merged into one entity after more than 20 years of existing as separate companies. The capitalization of the combined company was valued at $4.5 billion ahead of the merger. Subject to market conditions, the exchange is targeting an IPO in 2013. As a further step toward an IPO, MICEX-RTS took on the legal form of open joint-stock company.
== History ==
Both RTS and MICEX were formed in the 1990s and for two decades were the leading exchanges in Russia, with the MICEX Index and the RTS Index being among the world's top stock indices. 
== Products and Services ==
== Key People ==
== References ==
Category:Exchanges
Russian Wheat Crisis of 2010

In the summer of 2010, the global markets experienced a wheat crisis due to severe weather conditions in Russia. The world's third largest producers of wheat saw a severe drought and wildfires that destroyed one-fifth of its wheat production. The drought, which was said to be the worst in 130 years, led to a 30 percent decrease in the wheat Russia could export. The weather conditions also affected harvests in neighboring wheat producing countries such as; Ukraine and Kazakhstan. 
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations re-evaluated the 2010 global wheat production forecast at 651 million tons from 676 million tons but expected markets were better off than the 2008 crisis. In 2008, the global markets experienced a similar crisis when wheat prices increased to $13 a bushel and spawned food riots. The Russian wheat crisis of 2008 taught many countries to keep higher inventories and experts believe the 2010 situation is much more stable because of larger stockpiles. 
== History of Russia's Wheat Production ==
Russia is the third largest wheat producing country behind the United States and the European Union. Russian state farms were marginalized after the fall of the Soviet Union and most of the grain production comes from big, multi-national companies. Stagnant for awhile, Russian agriculture saw an upswing due to Russian firms and foreign investments funds starting to buy up land and upgrade production. 
In 2009, Russia harvested 97 million tons of wheat and the year before, they harvested 108.2 million tons. In 2010, Russia's wheat harvest will be down to 60 million tons. 
The Russian government put a temporary export ban on grains and other agricultural products until the end of the year to avoid spikes in domestic food prices. They will re-examine the situation on October 1, 2010. 
== Market Impact ==
Due to conditions in Russia, farmers in the United States and the European Union will benefit from the spike in wheat prices. However, prices for consumers will also rise. 
In July 2010, wheat prices surged to 42 percent which was the biggest monthly gain in a half a century. At the Chicago Board of Trade, wheat was trading at $7 a bushel for the first time since September of 2008. At the Kansas City Board of Trade, the prices were at a 13-month high, hitting $6.85 a bushel for Hard red winter wheat.
The FT reported that food executive are also cautious about surging prices for feeding and malting barley, which could impact the retail cost of products from poultry to beer. 
	
== References ==
Category:Russia
Category:History
Category:MarketsWiki Page of the Day
Russian wheat deal

The "Russian wheat deal" generally refers to the July-August 1972 sale by the United States to Russia of about 440 million bushels of wheat for about $700 million. The Russians had previously bought a relatively small quantity of U.S. Agricultural Products.
U.S. grain exporters benefited heavily from the deal, dividing among them a $300 million taxpayer subsidy.
Immediately after the sale, the price of wheat began to rise dramatically, and the price of U.S. commodities in general followed. 
The U.S. General Accounting Office released a report in July of 1973 saying that the sale had been mishandled and helped push food prices up, and that taxpayers paid unnecessary subsidies. The GAO said that Russia would have paid higher prices for the grain, reducing the subsidies paid to grain companies, and that farmers did not profit from the wheat deal; only exporters did. 
Another major grain deal with Russia took place in 1987 under the Reagan administration, when the Soviet Union agreed to four million metric tons (147 million bushels) of American wheat. The amount represented about 8 percent of a wheat surplus of 1.88 billion bushels.
== References ==
Category:History
Category:Russia
Rutsen Meier Belmont - RMB Group

Rutsen Meier Belmont - RMB Group is a full service commodity brokerage firm that has been providing traders with options trading strategy ideas and commodity market research since 1984. 
RMB Group is the home of the Big Move Trades blog.
== Key People ==
Lindsay Hall (Market Strategist) — Hall is chief market strategist for RMB Group. She has more than 10 years of experience trading and analyzing worldwide financial markets.
Sue Rutsen — Rutsen began her career in 1980 as a research assistant to the Aden Sisters technical analysis team. Sue has written numerous articles and spoken at investment conferences around the world. Sue handles the day to day operations of the RMB Group.
Robert Meier — Since 1978, Meier has worked across the industry, including government relations in Washington, D.C., authoring daily market commentary services, branch office management and book publishing, along with close to three decades of seminar presentations.
Steve Belmont — Belmont is senior research director. He has written the company's Options Edge Alerts since 1991. He has personally traded commodities and commodity options for over 25 years.
== References ==
Ryan Baccus

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Ryan Baccus is a managing director at base60 Consulting, a division of financial markets advisory JDX. He joined the firm in October 2015 after spending eight years as a consultant at Sapient Global Markets. 
== Background ==
Baccus joined Sapient in July 2007 as a director and in 2011 was named vice president of market infrastructure and initiatives (MII). His specific focus is on execution, post-trade services and central clearing initiatives for the global derivatives industry. His work with MII involves advising clients on regulatory reporting, clearing, collateral management and general compliance issues.
Earler in his career Baccus held several consulting and project management positions for financial firms such as Merrill Lynch, RBS and JP Morgan. 
==John Lothian News Interview==
Ryan Baccus of Sapient on Dodd-Frank Compliance and the Clearing Connectivity Standard
Baccus spoke with former John Lothian News Editor-at-Large Doug Ashburn about the status of Dodd-Frank related regulation and the Clearing Connectivity Standard (CCS), a reporting and communication standard for asset managers, futures commission merchants, central counterparties and custodians, which was developed by Sapient.On Oct. 24, 2012, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) announced their support of CCS and committed to help develop the standard with Sapient Global Markets. Published Nov. 29, 2012.
== Education ==
== References ==
Ryan Gillmore

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Ryan Gillmore is the chief information officer at R.J. O'Brien & Associates. He was named to the position in January of 2008.
== Background ==
Prior to joining R.J. O'Brien & Associates, Gillmore was an associate director in the corporate programs office at CME Group. From 1997 through 2002, Gillmore worked at Andersen Consulting.
== Education ==
Gillmore holds a master's degree in computer science from University of Chicago and a bachelor's degree in science/electrical engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
== References ==	
Category:FCM Executives
Category:R.J. O'Brien & Associates
Category:R.J. O'Brien & Associates, LLC
Category:Former CME Staff
Category:Former CBOT Staff
Ryan Hansen

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Ryan Hansen is chief commercial officer at Liquid Mercury, a fintech startup for crypto trading.
He was formerly the president of Tradovate, a technology-centered futures brokerage. 
== Background ==
Hansen joined Tradovate in June of 2014 to help CEO Rick Tomsic develop and launch the firm. Hansen served as vice president of Open E Cry, LLC, which was acquired by GAIN Capital Holdings in 2012 from optionsXpress Holdings, a subsidiary of the Charles Schwab Corporation. Before joining Tradovate, Hansen managed the business operations for Open E Cry as a principal of GAIN Capital Group, LLC.
Earlier, he served for more than seven years at the futures commission merchant PFGBest in several roles, including most recently director of vendor integration. He began his career as a registered representative for Financial Decisions Group in Waterloo, Iowa. 
== Education ==
Hansen earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business from Penn State University. 
== References ==
Ryan McElvogue

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Ryan McElvogue is a senior manager with EY.
He previously worked for Deutsche Boerse a senior vice president of product development.
Also, formerly he was a managing director in the Chicago office of FFastFill, Inc., the former U.S. based subsidiary of FFastfill Plc., a London-based provider of front-middle- and back-office solutions for the global electronic trading community.
== Background ==
McElvogue joined FFastfill in 2007, after having spent four years as a program manager in the technology department of the Chicago Board of Trade. At FFastfill, he began as a customer program manager and, in 2008, moved into the role of global product strategy manager. He is currently the managing director of the Chicago office.
== John Lothian News Interview ==
Ryan McElvogue of FFastFill Discusses Dodd-Frank Related Risk Management
Ryan McElvogue is managing director of FFastFill, the U.S. subsidiary of FFastFill Plc., a London-based provider of front-, middle- and back-office solutions for the global electronic trading community. In August 2012, FFastfill announced that Orbit Risk, its clearing member risk management suite, is fully conformant with certain Dodd-Frank related CFTC regulations scheduled to take effect October 1, 2012. McElvogue spoke with John Lothian News Editor-at-Large Doug Ashburn about Orbit Risk, Dodd-Frank risk management and readiness, and operational versus technical implementation issues. Published September 21, 2012. 
== Education ==
McElvogue earned a BS in business administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2001. In 2008, he earned an MBA from Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management.
== References ==	
Category:Former CBOT Staff
Category:FFastFill - Former Employees
Ryan Moroney

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Ryan Moroney is the chief executive officer of CQG. 
== Background ==
Moroney began his career in 2003 as a member of CQG's data quality team. He spent 11 years at CQG between 2003 and 2014 in various roles, including helping to build the company's API business. His roles at CQG expanded to include product management of the market data and order routing teams and director of operations for the API division.
He left CQG to pursue an opportunity at S&P Capital IQ, serving as vice president of sales to S&P's Corporates Segment in the Americas, but he returned to CQG as president in November of 2017.
== Education ==
Moroney earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration and management from Colorado Christian University.
==Video==
== References ==	
Category:ISV Executives
Ryan Pollock

Ryan Pollock is the founder and a managing partner at Objective Paradigm, Inc. and its sister company, Talution Group, LLC.
 
== Background ==
Ryan Pollock currently drives all areas of Objective Paradigm’s growth, from client relationship development to executive search. 
Pollock has close to 20 years of experience working with clients in investment banking, technology, consulting, software development, and at trading firms and hedge funds.
== Education ==
He is a graduate of the Janice Levin School of Business at Rutgers University and holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting.
== References ==
Category:Bios - Executives
Category:Objective Paradigm
Ryan S. Lothian

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Ryan S. Lothian is a media professional who serves as the science communications manager for the Chicago Botanic Garden. Previously, he managed digital properties for the Cook County Forest Preserve. He was also previously chief marketing officer for John J. Lothian & Company, Inc. Previously, he was in a marketing position with Ocean Tomo, LLC, an intellectual capital merchant bank firm headquartered in Chicago. Prior to joining Ocean Tomo, Lothian ran his own web and media design company, Lothian Media Design, Inc.
== Background ==
Lothian previously was a guest editor of the John Lothian Newsletter. He was also webmaster for The Price Futures Group, Inc. while attending college.
Lothian completed an internship at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) in the corporate communications department during winter break in 2004/2005.
== Education ==
Lothian holds a bachelor of science in Media Studies from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and a master of arts in New Media Studies from DePaul University.
==External Links==
*Design Portfolio
== References ==	
Category:MarketsWiki Development Team
Category:John J. Lothian & Company, Inc. - Former Employees
Category:John J. Lothian & Company, Inc.
Category:John Lothian News
Category:John Lothian Productions
Category:Marketing Professionals
Category:MarketsWiki Page of the Day
Ryan Selkis

Ryan Selkis is an American entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and CEO of Messari.
== Background ==
Ryan Selkis has worked for a number of companies in various roles, including as an analyst for JP Morgan for a brief period. He later founded a company called Good Benefits, Inc. in 2011, where he worked as CEO until 2014. While in this role, he also founded a company called TBI Consulting, LLC. During this time, he was pursuing a Master's at the MIT Sloan School of Management but left the program in 2014.
After dropping out of graduate school, Selkis worked as the director of growth for the Digital Currency Group until 2016. From January 2016 to July 2017, he worked as managing director for Coindesk.
On October 26, 2017, Selkis tweeted that he had published a whitepaper titled, “Introducing Messari: An Open-Source EDGAR Database for Cryptoassets.” He founded Messari with Dan McArdle in January 2018.
== Education ==
Selkis graduated cum laude from Boston College, receiving a B.S. in Finance. He later attended the MIT Sloan School of Management, with a focus on entrepreneurship and innovation. On his Linkedin page, he specifies that he dropped out of his graduate education, "because bitcoin."
== References ==	
 
Category: digital assets
Category: cryptocurrency
Category: People
Category: bios
Category: CryptoMarketsWiki