Executive Staff

Howard Malman, President

Howard is a veteran floor trader registered with the NFA and a principal of Olympus Futures, Inc.  He began his futures career in 1979 as a runner. Three years later he started trading agricultural futures in the grain room of the Chicago Board of Trade.  He went on to trade the S&P 500 stock index futures in 1985 and held a significant presence in the pit.  He was nominated by the Board of Governors in 1999 and served as Vice Chairman of the S&P 500 pit.  Author Art Collins has written about Howard in his book “When Super Traders Meet Kryptonite”.  He was a founding principal of Carlin Futures LLC formed in June of 2000.  Howard has gone on to develop a methodology that has succeeded over a wide array of trading landscapes.

Jack Callahan, Managing Member

Mr. Callahan has been registered as a floor broker since January 1982 with trading privileges at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  He was also a Principal of C&D Commodities, a registered FCM where his duties included overseeing the firm’s trading floor operations, acting as an executing broker, and managing the firm’s business. In July 1991, he joined Rosenthal Collins Group LLC, a registered FCM, where he was a principal of C&B Trading formerly a division of Rosenthal Collins Group LLC.  Jack also managed Peak Trading Group formerly a division of Rosenthal Collins Group, LLC.   Jack brings a wealth of experience to Olympus Futures.

Senior Staff

Thea Law,

Thea started her career in the Futures Industry in 1980 as a runner and phone clerk at the Chicago Board of Trade.  She moved over to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in 1984 where she performed several duties related to the trading floor activities.  She left the trading floor in July of 2008 to concentrate on investment opportunities in Managed Futures.   Thea also brings years of knowledge and experience to the executive team.  She has been a licensed Series 3 Commodity Broker since December 2006.

Charles Nedoss, Senior Account Manager

Charles is a registered representative of Olympus Futures.  He contributes market comments to Dow Jones News Service, Bloomberg News, and frequently appears on Bloomberg T.V. and Radio as well as CNBC and Fox Business Channel.  Charles has been featured on CNNFN, and has been a biweekly guest on First Business a nationally and internationally syndicated business program. His market comments can also be seen often at Markwatch.Com.  Charles` prior experience in the futures industry includes: assisting Chinese government traders hedging grains, as well as speculative trading in currencies, metals and stock indices and has managed trading desks both off and on the trading floor. Charles` approach to futures trading is simple: “have clear cut trading objectives before you trade and know your risk”. He feels many novice traders overlook this basic adage.

James Sramek, VP Business Development

James Sramek has been with Olympus futures since 2007.  His main focus was on the retail trader and the technology in this industry that could possible benefit their trading. Shortly after becoming a Senior Broker for Olympus, the trading team was formed. James’s knowledge of the technology trends and key relationships throughout the industry has become an essential part of what he brings to Olympus today. James is currently the Vice President of Business Development helping to provide the resources and tools to our retail clients. Prior to joining Olympus, James was in the long term investment sector.