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Michael Khouw

Managing Director, Head of Equity Derivatives, CRT Capital Group LLC

Michael C. Khouw is Managing Director and Head of Equity Derivatives at CRT Capital Group. Prior to joining CRT, he was a senior Equity Derivatives trader at Cantor Fitzgerald, LP and manager of the US Listed Equity Derivatives Desk.

Mike also worked as an analyst/consultant for Ivory Capital, LLC. Prior to Ivory Mike was a floor-based options trader for Bluefin Energy, LLC, a subsidiary of Bluefin Trading, a proprietary trading firm based in White Plains, NY where he co-founded the energy options trading group and was responsible for teaching options trading to the firm's new hires. Prior to Bluefin Mike was an options trader for Gateway Partners, LLC a proprietary trading firm specializing in volatility arbitrage with operations on all US options exchanges.

Khouw is a former member of the New York Mercantile Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, and the Philadelphia Stock Exchange. He has a B.A. from Tufts University.

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  • Options Action Recap: Getting Bullish on Facebook and Halliburton
    By: Alex Rosenberg |Producer, CNBC
    Monday, 1 Oct 2012 | 4:01 PM ET

    One is a major oil company, the other is a social media giant. One has a P/E below 10, and the other has a P/E above 120. One has risen almost 20% in the past three months, and the other has plunged almost 30%. But these two companies have at least one thing in common: On Friday the traders on CNBC's “Options Action” see them heading higher.

  • Options Action Recap: The Bull Calls on Apple and Wells Fargo
    By: Alex Rosenberg|Producer, CNBC
    Monday, 17 Sep 2012 | 2:18 PM ET

    When Fed Chairman Bernanke unveiled a new round of qualitative easing last week, it sure made the "Options Action" traders optimistic. At least, that’s the way it seemed on Friday’s show, when they presented two bullish trades — one on Apple, and another on Wells Fargo.

  • Options Action Recap: Getting Bullish on Apple and Bank of America
    By: Alex Rosenberg|Producer, CNBC
    Tuesday, 11 Sep 2012 | 12:04 PM ET

    Time to get bullish? The "Options Action" traders sure seemed to think so. After all, on Friday’s show, they explained why they expect two very different stocks to go higher — Apple and Bank of America.

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  • Lee is a co-anchor on “Squawk on the Street” and a host on “Fast Money,” “Options Action,” and "Money in Motion."

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  • CNBC's Melissa Lee and the Options Action traders look at the past week's activity in the options markets, and discuss what they'll be watching next week.

  • An amazing Amazon short. Is this stock the hardest short of all? Last week, Mike and Carter made a bearish bet on Amazon. And this week, Amazon dropped on earnings, with CNBC's Melissa Lee and the Options Action traders.

  • CNBC's Melissa Lee and the Options Action traders discuss the stocks they'll be watching next week.

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