Kirk du Plessis
Founder @ Option Alpha
- Role
- Founder at Option Alpha
- Location
- Indiana, PA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kirk du Plessis
Hello, and welcome to my LinkedIn profile. I am here to reconnect with friends, family members, classmates, group and social circle members, former and present colleagues - and to connect with new, exciting and interesting professionals and develop great relationships. I have broad experience in the financial industry. As always, please feel free to contact me if you would like to connect. I do not SPAM my contacts or clients and I expect that anyone who views this profile will also refrain from doing so as well.
Experience
Founder
Jan 2008 — Present
Option Alpha has been an industry leader in options trading industry for more than a decade and was recently included in the Inc 500 fastest-growing private companies in 2018 with a position rank of #215 and again in 2019 with a position rank of #723. The company was originally founded by Kirk Du Plessis. In 2018, Option Alpha merged with Alta5, founded by Jack Slocum, a technology company focused on building advanced end-to-end automation technology for options traders. The company is currently headquartered in Miami Florida. Option Alpha now provides an all-in-one platform for retail investors and traders offering first-class education, groundbreaking research and data analysis, integrated backtesting, and crowdsourced intelligence software, as well as the industry\'s first end-to-end automation technology for options trading. In 2020, the company announced the release of the first public autotrading platform for stocks and options for retail investors.
Education
University of Virginia
Bachelors of Science
2006 — 2008
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Finance
2004 — 2006
Skills
- Entrepreneurship
- Valuation
- Options Pricing
- Portfolio Management
- Financial Planning
- Financial Markets
- Trading
- Investment Banking
- Real Estate Finance
- Hedge Funds
- Risk Management
- Market Analysis
- Options Strategies
- Real Estate Financing
- Financial Modeling
- Corporate Finance
- Real Estate Investor
- Real Estate Investment
- Equity Research
- Options
- Investments
- Trading Strategies
- Equities
- Stock Trading
- Investment Properties
- Derivatives
- Strategic Financial Planning
- Financial Analysis
- Investment Strategies
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