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Jay Woods, CMT serves as Chief Market Strategist for DriveWealth Institutional. Prior to joining DriveWealth, he served as an Executive Floor Governor at the NYSE, a position which is voted upon by his peers and held by only six NYSE members.
Jay spent over 25 years as a Designated Market Maker on the NYSE floor. He got his start with Spear, Leeds and Kellogg, then joined Goldman Sachs for 14 years and moved on to IMC after Goldman divested their floor operation. As DMM he was responsible for several high-profile IPO’s and led trading in some of the most active issues at the NYSE.
Jay received his bachelor’s degree from Fordham University. He received his CMT designation in 2017 and is co-Chair of the NY Chapter of the CMT Association. He serves as a mentor with the Scholars of Finance and speaks regularly about financial literacy with local high schools and universities.
This Presentation was part of the 2022 Annual Symposium on April 28th-29th in Washington, DC. Technical Analysis is a universally applicable discipline. Our panelists will share their perspectives on how the tools of technical analysis have been applied across every role in...
In this panel discussion hosted on June 11, 2020, the New York Chapter featured three distinguished Chartered Market Technicians; Paul Ciana, Dan Russo, and J.C. Parets with Tyler Wood as the moderator. Dan Russo, CMT discussed how he is unconvinced that the recent rotation...
The New York Chapter of the CMT Association is co-chaired by the team of Michael Sroga, CMT, Alan Lax, CMT, Jay Woods, CMT, Tom Bruni, CMT and Dan Russo, CMT. One of the most active regions of the CMT Association, the New York Chapter holds meetings each month featuring some of...