Bill started on the floor of the CBOT in 1996 as a clerk in the soybean option pit. He became a member of the CBOT and a licensed Series 3 broker in 1998. Through relationships made on the trading floor, he filled customer and local orders in the soybean option pit for 20 years. He moved to the corn option pit in 2018, and continued to fill customer and local orders there, until the grain trading floor closed in March of 2020. He has traded futures and options on all  of the grain products. Bill specializes in the grain complex and livestock markets with a focus on hedging risk in the option markets. Bill is now a senior account executive with  Walsh Trading and is ready to work with customers to solve their unique trading and hedging goals.