Wolverine Trading was established in 1994. The two founding partners had cultivated their derivatives expertise at O'Connor & Associates, a global leader that specialized in options trading. Wolverine originally started as an equity index option market making firm. Over time, Wolverine has added specialists to its market making capabilities. It has also expanded its operations into new products and exchanges. We now trade equities, equity options, equity indexes, equity index options, equity index futures, and equity index futures options. We also created an off-floor operation to manage our equity index portfolio and to construct statistical arbitrage trading opportunities. Our exchange presence includes: AMEX, BOX, BORSA ITALIANA, CBOE, CBOT, CHX, CME, EUREX, ISE, LIFFE, MONTREAL, PHLX, PCX , STOCKHOLM, and XETRA. Today, Wolverine Trading has over 200 employees and is one of the largest equity and equity index trading firms in the world. We trade only proprietary capital; we have no outside investors or customers. Wolverine is headquartered in Chicago and has offices in New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia and London.

In March of 2002, Belvedere Trading emerged as Chicago's newest market makers, soon to join the ranks of the Windy City's elite proprietary trading firms. Armed with printouts of Excel workbooks and a team of eager minds, Belvedere established their place in the SPX pit on the floor of the Chicago Board Options Exchange. From the beginning, we began iteratively investing in our proprietary technology, first building our options model, then adapting it to work on a handheld computer, then committing to building our software systems from the ground up. Due to our ultramodern proprietary technology and risk management capabilities, Belvedere is able to quickly capitalize on inefficiencies in the marketplace. Our trading models and software systems are continually re-engineered, optimized, and maintained to stay on top of the industry. Belvedere Trading's success and rapid growth are the direct results of our market experience, commitment to our mission and values, and relentless focus on the training and development of our team members. We attract an amazing caliber of diverse people; our team is comprised of over 200 individuals and we are actively expanding year over year. Since our inception, Team Belvedere has enjoyed low turnover and high referral rates due to our distinctive working atmosphere, well defined company culture, and high levels of entrepreneurship and empowerment. Our aggressive drive for efficiency, unique trading techniques, use of cutting edge technology, and most importantly, talented people, make us confident of our continued growth and success. Belvedere Trading continually looks forward to further expansion and facing the opportunities and challenges that the evolving financial markets will bring.