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Jon Najarian
Jon "Dr. J" Najarian was linebacker for the Chicago Bears before he turned to another kind of contact sport – trading on the Chicago Board Options Exchange
He became member of the CBOE, NYSE, CME and CBOT and worked as a floor trader for some 25 years. Today, he is a professional investor, money manager, lecturer as well as co-founder of Najarian Family Office and Rebellion Partners.
Jon developed and patented trading applications and algorithms used to identify unusual activity in stock, options and futures. His Heat Seeker™ has sniffed out takeovers in numerous stocks and his data has been requested and provided to law enforcement & securities regulators to find those guilty of insider trading.
Jon and his brother Pete founded TradeMonster and OptionMonster, which were rated "Best for Options Traders" by Barron's four years in a row. He developed the first online brokerage to deploy streaming, desktop-like trading in a web browser.
The brothers are founding members of Investitute.com, a financial education & subscription services company, as well as best-selling authors of both "How We Trade Options" and "The 22 Rules of Investing".
What does Jon Najarian do when he's not investing? Here's a look in our Halftime Report "Trade Off."
Follow Jon on Twitter: @jonnajarian
Disclosures as of 6/15/18:
Long calls: Activision Blizzard, Akamai Technologies, American Airlines, Apple, ArcelorMittal, Autodesk, Caesars Entertainment, Comcast, Cree, Delta Air Lines, Diamond Offshore Drilling, Diamondback Energy, Electronic Arts, Facebook, First Data, First Solar, International Game Technology, JD.com, JetBlue, John Deere, Juniper Networks, Knight-Swift, Marathon Oil, Marvell Technology Group, Masco, MGM Resorts, Microsoft, Net Element, Netflix, Newell Brands, NRG Energy, PayPal, Russell 2000 Index ETF, Snap Inc., Square, Take Two Interactive, Teva Pharmaceutical, TIme Warner, TripAdvisor, Twitter, United States Oil Fund, Visa, VMware, Wells Fargo, Weyland Tech, WPX Energy, Xilinx.
Long stock: U.S. Auto Parts
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- By: Pippa Stevens
"Halftime Report" trader Jon Najarian spots bullish bets on an ETF that tracks the Russell 2000, as well as on a crafts retailer.
- By: Pippa Stevens
Traders bet big that one jewelry stock, which has fallen nearly 25% this year, will shine after earnings.
- By: Thomas Franck
Analysts at the nation's top brokerages are divided on the trajectory of electric car maker Tesla. And it's starting to show.
- By: Evelyn Cheng
U.S. stocks may take some time to recover from their violent plunge in the last two weeks, if history is any guide.
"Fast Money Halftime Report" trader Jon Najarian discusses the market sell-off from the options perspective.
- By: Evelyn Cheng
After bitcoin's struggles last month, several analysts see other digital coins gaining ground in a crypto world that's trying to mature.
Jon Najarian discusses the options market and its implications on the overall market.
- By: Scott Wapner
The “Fast Money Halftime Report” traders discuss the tax plan and the impact it will have on the future of the stock market and the yield curve.
