Atlanta Option Investors club has been around and kicking for 10 straight years. We have over 600 members signed up to our Yahoo Group at: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/atlan... We are also at : www.atlantaoptions.com Our regular monthly meetings usually draw an audience in excess of 50 attendees. Our mission is unbiased education in the area of derivatives in general and options in particular. We focus on derivatives concepts, tools, techniques and trading strategies. We thrive on the diverse approaches that our members deploy to make money via options and futures trading. We meet once month on the Monday following option expiration at 6:30 PM at The Georgia State University Alpharetta Center. For directions to meeting facility go to: http://www.cba.gsu.edu/alpharetta/Direction.... Please note that from time to time the meeting date and location might change. Monthly meetings feature presentations by nationally known industry experts and by members who have their money on the line. A question and answer session and social time usually follow the presentations. Here is a partial list of speakers who have addressed the club in the last few years: Larry McMillan www.optionstrategist.com Price Headley www.bigtrends.com A J Monte Floor trader, Market maker, Consultant, MTA member Jay Kaeppel www.essextrading.com Jim Bittman and Mary Kearney Ex options floor trader, Authors and OIC/CBOE instructors Alex Jacobson www.iseoptions.com Greg Zerener www.poweropt.com Keith Glanz and Dan Evets www.greentreetrading.com Paul Quillen www.daytradingcourse.com Mike Domka and Sal Recco of www.interactivebrokers.com John Brasher of wwww.callwriter.com Topics covered in recent meetings include option hair cut and SPAN margin, hedging techniques, Options on futures, volatility-based trading, LEAPS, The Greeks risk parameters, collars, vertical spreads, calendars and diagonals. Beginners, experts and professionals with keen interest in options are all welcome. There is a $10 cover charge per meeting. There is no charge for college students. The group is a nonprofit organizations run by active individual investors. All dues cover expenses associated with monthly programs or other group-sponsored events.
