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As I was driving back from our annual excursion across the bridge for the Boat Parade of Lights this weekend, I was delighted to receive a phone call from the curmudgeonly options trader. He had left the chilly confines of Chicago and was on the East Coast for a soccer tournament. It was quickly decided that he would fly up for a few days and enjoy the relatively calmer climate of the mid-Atlantic for a few days. I have referred to the curmudgeon many times, and it is time to unmask his secret identity and spend a little time talking markets and sharing his insights with readers. Fred Crossman is an 18-year veteran of the Chicago Board Options Exchange. For the past 10 years he has traded privately, but he has recently returned to the public side of the markets. He currently serves as the president of FLC Management, an investment adviser to the Thunderbird-Tahoe Fund. He is worth listening to, not just because of his long record of success and survival in the complicated options marke
ByTim Melvin, RealMoney.com Contributor , On Tuesday December 15, 2009, 2:00 pm EST As I was driving back from our annual excursion across the bridge for the Boat Parade of Lights this weekend, I was delighted to receive a phone call from the curmudgeonly options trader. He had left the chilly confines of Chicago and was on the East Coast for a soccer tournament. It was quickly decided that he would fly up for a few days and enjoy the relatively calmer climate of the mid-Atlantic for a few days. I have referred to the curmudgeon many times, and it is time to unmask his secret identity and spend a little time talking markets and sharing his insights with readers. Fred Crossman is an 18-year veteran of the Chicago Board Options Exchange. For the past 10 years he has traded privately, but he has recently returned to the public side of the markets. He currently serves as the president of FLC Management, an investment adviser to the Thunderb