Joe Contes has worked in the trading industry since 1989. He began his career trading futures and commodities, and later entered the equity and foreign exchange markets. At that time, Joe owned and operated a sound contracting company, three video rental stores and was a part-time trader. In the late 90s, Joe began to focus on trading. In 2000, he discovered option trading and embraced that market.

After completing numerous stock and option educational courses, Joe became an instructor for Optionetics, the leading option education company at that time. He quickly became a Lead Instructor for on ground and online education courses. He has traveled the globe, teaching entry level content and advanced trading strategies. Joe’s high-energy, common sense approach to teaching and trading has helped him educate thousands of students.

Joe has created and developed excellent training materials for live “in person” seminars and online presentations. He also created several trading systems and automated trading applications on a variety of trading platforms.