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About Us: DiscoverOptions
The Finest Options Education dedicated to one goal: your trading success.
At DiscoverOptions, our goal is to deliver a straightforward education on the advantages of using options in your trading and investing.
We provide a wealth of content for all levels, from a glossary of basic terms to in-depth material on sophisticated strategies. We also offer a series of free lessons for you to take at your leisure, along with suggestions and links for you to further customize your education, should you so desire.
Our passion is your options knowledge and trading success. No hype, no sales pitches, simply a wealth of educational materials for you. If you need any assistance along the way, try our online help, join a local trading group, or check out one of our affiliate services.
Meet our educators and contributing authors:
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Len Yates is the President and founder of OptionVue Systems International Inc. and is a professional programmer with over 20 years of experience in institutional and private software development work. Since founding OptionVue, he has earned worldwide recognition for his groundbreaking work in options analysis software, education and data support services.
Len writes and publishes numerous articles on options analysis and trading strategies, and authored High Performance Options Trading, a book published by John Wiley & Sons. |
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Steve Lentz heads up DiscoverOptions Mentoring. Steve is a well-established options educator and trader who has spoken all over the United States, Asia and Australia on behalf of the CBOE's Options Institute, the Options Industry Council and the Australian Stock Exchange. In addition to working with select students to master OptionVue's software program and complex option strategies, Steve is constantly developing new strategies on the use of options as part of a comprehensive profitable trading approach. He regularly speaks at special events, trade shows and trading group organizations. |
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Frank Fahey has over 15 years of experience in options trading as an independent Market Maker and as a Member of the Chicago Board of Options Exchange (CBOE) and the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). In these roles, Frank traded in open outcry for proprietary and individual accounts in several equity and agricultural option pits, and had sole responsibility for implementation of trading strategies emphasizing risk/reward potential of stock and option positions. Frank's successes spanned the crash of 1987, takeovers, reorganizations, and the boom and bust of the dot-com era.
Frank was also a beta tester and Member of the CBOE Handheld Execution Committee. He has a proven track record of superior results in high risk-reward corporate and entrepreneurial environments and is certified by the Options Industry Council as an instructor on basic and advanced options strategies.
In addition to mentoring our clients, he is currently trading his own account and pursuing entrepreneurial ventures. He has an MBA from the University of Notre Dame, an MA from Northwestern University, and is a Member of the Security Traders Association. |
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Steve Papale has over 20 years experience as an economist, options Market Maker, risk manager and trader. From 1987 to 1999 he was a Market Maker at the CBOE and CME trading stock index, currency and individual stock options. Since leaving the floor he has managed one hundred traders at a proprietary trading firm as well as advised individuals, advisors and institutions on how to effectively implement options as a portfolio management tool. Steve was also an off floor Market Maker in the S & P 500 e-mini options and Eurodollar (EOS) options as well as an advisor to clients on options strategies and asset allocation. He has an M.A. in Economics from Michigan State University and holds NASD Series 3, 7, 63, and 66 securities licenses. |
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Ken Dole is a Stock Broker and Technical Analyst who has been with the full service securities brokerage JKR and Company since 2003. As well as mentoring our clients, he is working with high net worth clients on options trades at JKR and Co. and performing options research. He has an entrepreneurial retail business background and he has trained end users on the use of OptionVue software at events in and around the Los Angeles area since 2005. Ken currently holds NASD Series 7 and 63 securities licenses. |
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Jim Graham joined OptionVue Systems International, Inc. in 1999. He served as a Product Consultant, and, more recently, as OptionVue’s Product Manager assisting Len Yates in further developing and enhancing the company’s OptionVue 5 Options Analysis Software to meet the real-world needs of institutional and individual options traders. Since joining OptionVue Systems, Jim has authored documentation and articles on options trading which explore how to effectively use options analysis and trading software to increase the probability of long-term success in options trading. |
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