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Anthony E. WoodsAnthony Woods a Chicago native attended Michigan State University, where he played football under Coach Darryl Rogers. Anthony lettered three years in football and graduated with a degree in Personnel Relations. Prior to working in Commodity Futures, Anthony worked for Disclosure, Inc., as an Information Services Supervisor. He has been a Senior Account Executive in Commodity Futures since 1999. Anthony conducts a weekly webinar specializing on spreads and spread trading. |
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Brent J. BarkerBrent J. Barker attended Brescia University, Owensboro, Kentucky where as a member of the baseball team he majored in Business Management. Upon leaving Brescia, Brent began his professional career with Western and Southern Financial Group. Having established himself as a notable achiever Brent accepted an offer in 2005 from HSBC Bank, where after only 26 months we was promoted to Vice-President. In 2009 he accepted a position within the commodity futures industry and in 2010 Brent accepted an offer from International Futures Group. Brent has a solid understanding of options on commodity futures and how they relate to both the cash commodity and commodity futures markets. |
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Lee A. GausLee Gaus a 1974 graduate of Illinois State University began his career working for the agricultural giant Cargill. After two year with Cargill, Lee accepted a position as grain merchandiser-commodity broker with Archer Daniels Midland of Decatur. From 1974 to 1983 Lee traded cash commodities and futures from the Decatur, and Kansas City offices. In 1983 Lee was transferred to Chicago and promoted to Senior Vice-President of Marketing for ADM Investor Services. In 1994 Lee co-founded International Futures Group, Inc. Today, International Futures Group enjoys clientele base throughout the United States and worldwide. |
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George C. KoppGeorge Kopp graduated from Michigan State University with a B.A in Business Administration. He came to Chicago in 1980 working as a runner on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE). Eventually, he was managing a mulit million dollar options portfolio as member of the CBOE and Chicago Board of Trade (CBT). In 1993 he left the exchange floor and became a licensed commodity broker. George owned his own Introducing Broker firm from 2000-2007. He came to IFG in 2008 using his options expertise from the trading floor. He applies the spreading strategies he used on the trading foor for clients interested in hedging and spreading. |




