October 06, 2017
7:19 PM
Expertise: FOREX
Lawrence Pines is an options trader, consultant and adviser with 27 years experience trading financial markets and advising clients on trading, risk management and hedging strategies. Mr. Pines serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of his own consulting firm, Lawrence Pines Consulting since January 2011. His recent work includes advising hedge funds and index options traders on equity and foreign exchange options trading strategies. In addition, Mr. Pines recently served as an expert witness on four trial related to the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme. Mr. Pines has been a member market maker on the New York Stock Exchange, Chicago Board of Options Exchange, Pacific Stock Exchange and Philadelphia Stock Exchange. He traded options contracts on the foreign currency trading desks of Chase Manhattan Bank and Bank of New York. Prior to that, he was an investment banking analyst at Lehman Brothers. Mr. Pines earned a B.A. degree from Princeton University.
Recent Articles
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Political Instability and the Future of EUR/GBP
Is the veneer of European unity beginning to crack as we enter the fourth quarter of 2017? First there were the German elections. Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrat bloc performed worse than polling suggested, while the far right populist and nationalist party Alternative for Germany exceeded analysts’ estimates. Then there is the situation in Catalonia where […]September 21, 2017
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Assessing the Next Move for the Swiss Franc
Always a safe haven currency in times of distress, the Swiss franc seems to thrive during periods of global turmoil and uncertainty. One would expect that the tough rhetoric on North Korea from the U.S. at the United Nations General Assembly would lead the Swiss franc to catch a bid against the Euro and the […]September 07, 2017
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