Getting Started in Commodities

About the Author

Optionetics was pioneered in the early 1990s by master trader George Fontanills. The development of this innovative trading approach is a testament to human will and perseverance. Fontanills's journey was not an easy one. Having struggled to overcome a life-threatening illness as a young man, George received his MBA from Harvard Business School and went out to conquer the world. His first business failed. Undaunted, he started a second business that never left the starting gate. Running low on money, George became a real estate investor and did quite well until the bottom fell out of the real estate market.

George's next move was to begin trading. Rather than concentrate on his losses, he began studying successful traders to see what they were doing differently. Using the analysis skills he learned at Harvard, he conducted a comprehensive investigation to determine what differentiated the winners from the losers. Risking money he made in real estate, George tested his conclusions and eventually developed a creative approach that used options to mathematically control risk every time a trade is placed, thereby consistently producing profits without the stress of unbridled losses. In 1993, he founded Optionetics to teach traders to profit using these strategies. Today, more than 250,000 people in more than 50 countries have seen Optionetics' high-profit, low-risk, ...