ETP Forum Speakers
Ethan Kahn
Principal
Wolverine Execution Services
Options-Based Strategies: Building and Scaling the Next Generation
Ethan is a Principal at Wolverine Execution Services (WEX), where he helps develop and manage relationships with ETF issuers and sub-advisors. He was previously with Wolverine Trading, LLC, and co-manager of the Liquidity Desk, where he was responsible for ETF and futures market making and risk management. He also manages exchange, issuer, and liquidity-provider relationships for the firm in the ETF space.
Ethan was a Founding Partner of STAT Capital, LLC, an algorithmic trading firm focused on futures trading and index arbitrage, and a co-founder of Castlebridge Partners, LLC, an independent capital markets and insurance trading and consulting firm. He structured, priced, and placed equity collar and other hedging strategy transactions for high-net-worth clients. He was also responsible for Weather Derivative Trading and Portfolio Management, focusing on energy-related financial structures, including forward transactions and option contracts for fuels, power, and weather.
Ethan co-founded Castlebridge Partners, LLC, an independent capital markets, insurance trading, and consulting firm. Ethan focused on hedging strategies using equity OTC derivatives and energy-related financial structures, including forward transactions and option contracts for fuels, power, and weather.
Ethan was previously a market-maker at the Cboe, a longtime member of the Product Development Committee, and General Partner of an index arbitrage hedge fund for which he developed and executed trading strategies using a variety of index and futures products.
Ethan is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), FINRA Series 7, 24, 27, and 28 licensed. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

