112: Jorge Soltero – Reminiscences of a Trader at Hull Trading Co.—and a Sell-Side Career

Chat With Traders

Tessa Dao

Education, Business, Investing

4.9 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2017

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Jorge Soltero began as a floor trader in Chicago, where he was an options market maker. A few years into his career, he landed a position at Hull Trading Company (the renowned firm of legendary trader, Blair Hull). After Hull Trading was bought by Goldman Sachs in 1999, Jorge became more of an institutional trader—not only working at Goldman, but later, UBS and Merrill Lynch too, where he specialized in options and ETFs. Listening to this episode you’re going to hear about; the culture of trading pits, exactly what it was like to be a trader at Hull Trading Co., the transition to electronic trading, what makes ETFs an attractive product, and more… -- Sponsored by Gemini.com: The first fully regulated Bitcoin exchange, for traders and investors. Register for one-month of FREE trading. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:54.6	How you doing folks?
1:03.6	Thanks for being plugged in.
1:05.6	This episode is number 112, and my guest is Jorge Soltero, who currently resides in Puerto Rico.
1:13.8	For a quick snapshot of Jorge, he began as a four trader in Chicago where he was an options
1:19.7	market maker.
1:21.1	A few years into his career, he landed a position at Hull Trading.
1:25.4	This is the renowned firm of legendary trader Blair Hull.
1:29.3	After Hull Trading was bought by Goldman Sachs in 1999, Jorge became more of an institutional trader,
1:37.1	not only working at Goldman, but later UBS and Merrill Lynch too,
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