Noel Smith

Noel Smith is a managing partner and the chief investment officer of Convex Asset Management, and the head of options trading at Tanius Technology. As a member of the CME, CBOT and CBOE, Noel has over 25 years of experience trading volatility, market making and managing risk. Noel was previously the chief investment officer and portfolio manager of two separate Chicago-based proprietary derivatives trading firms. Additionally, he was the seed investor who financed the launch of global high-frequency trading firm GETCO LLC (KCG/Virtu), which grew to account for 20%+ of trading volume in the U.S. As a founding member of Third Millennium trading in 1996, his firm became one of the largest options market-making firms in US Equity Options Markets backing over 65 market makers and traders at the CBOE, CME and CBOT. Noel is an expert in options, stocks, bonds, ETPs, commodities, futures and volatility. As a quantitative investor and risk manager, Noel is versed in high-frequency trading (HFT), relevant market structure and the underlying technology.

Noel attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, receiving a degree in biochemistry in addition to research at Beckman Institute in Neuroscience. As a student, Noel was a member of the University of Illinois men’s ice hockey team. Noel is a proud veteran of the U.S. Army where he was a specialist in microwave and satellite communication systems.

Noel is also a member of the board of directors for Imerman Angels, an international cancer charity that has helped over 35,000 people in over 135 countries.