Options & Derivatives

Exceptional execution that beats the competition

Our Options Trading Desk

This extension of a buy-side desk model brings access to a skilled trading team that is solely focused on best timing and outcomes. To achieve this, our proprietary O’Neil Methodology allows us to identify and monitor key inflection points where single stocks, indices, and ETFs are progressing out of well-defined periods of buyer-seller equilibrium and are about to embark on a new up/down trend.

All the while, we provide real-time trading consultancy to help in the timing of rolls, strike optimization, volume capture strategies, delta hedging, and stock replacement strategies. With over 60 years’ experience on the buy-side and sell-side, our traders will own the order alongside you and stay in contact throughout the duration of your holdings to assist in strategizing for maximum gains. In options trading this provides a significant edge that is unique to O’Neil, our clients consistently say that no one else on the Street is doing what we are doing. Our aim is uncomplicated, we collaborate with our clients to assist them in generating outsized returns.

Precision Market Timing

  • O’Neil Methodology (OM) pinpoints key inflection points as stocks, indices, and ETFs exit buyer–seller equilibrium and begin new trends.
  • Integrates quantitative, fundamental, and technical analysis to act when probability for outsized returns is highest.

Proven Derivative Leadership

Drawing on proprietary market signals and decades of derivatives leadership,
Ali Agboatwalla, Robert Gregorio, and Mark Serafini translate evolving market conditions into high-conviction option structures that seek to capture directional shifts with precision and scale.

Robert Gregorio,
Managing Director

Robert specializes in equity derivatives trading, risk facilitation, and structured strategies for institutional clients, bringing a proven ability to deliver tailored solutions and exceed revenue goals.

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Mark Serafini,
Equity Derivatives Strategist

Mark focuses on leveraging the firm’s focus list and watch list ideas to develop actionable options strategies that enhance risk management and alpha generation for institutional clients.

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Custom, High-Impact Solutions

  • Tailored structures such as call/put spreads, calendar trades,
    and volatility strategies.
  • Real-time trading consultancy: strike optimization, roll timing, volume capture, delta hedging.
  • The team owns the order alongside the client, ensuring disciplined execution and ongoing collaboration.

Differentiated Results

Combines OM’s precise timing with bespoke derivative ideas to deliver institutional-grade performance and out sized return potential.

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Recent Trade Ideas

Call/Put Spreads Collars/Calendar Spreads

Volume & open interest, option chain, and fundamental/technical analysis.

volatility
Ideas

IV vs. RV, mean reversion, skew, and post-event/earnings IV crush.

Dispersion
Ideas

Index vs. heavy-weight pair trades using correlation z-scores and IV–RV spreads.

thematic baskets
VS index

Policy winners/losers, sector earnings momentum, and
multiple rerating.

ODTE Ideas

Ratio trades driven by intraday momentum, VWAP, OI trends, and moving averages.

merger arbitrage

Deal activity, spreads, regulatory outcomes, and closure.

Cash & Futures
Arbitrage

Relative value, dividends, corporate actions, index rebalances, and basis moves.

Index &
Single Stock

Optimal price and timing based on historical roll patterns and dividend adjustments.