Thomas R. Hurd, Jr., 46 Managing partner in Financial Options Group, LLC. Tom has been married to Linda Jean (not to be confused with Linda Ann - his mother) for 26 years. They have three boys, Kiel - 24, Casey - 20, and Conner - 15.
Tom has been trading equities for 20 years. He started trading in the commodities markets in 1998 and began his current option selling strategy in 2005. Tom is responsible for day to day business operations and overall trade strategies.
Tom is also a partner in several other businesses and on the board of trusties of On Fire Family Church. In his spare time he plays the drums for the OFFC Praise team and with the Bowery Blues Band
Thomas E. Fields III, 24, is the newest member of Financial Options Group. After earning his Bachelors in Business Administration at Lee University, Thomas returned to his hometown Murphy, NC to pursue his career in Commodity investments. He currently holds his Series 3 as a Commodity Trading Advisor. Thomas is a managing partner of Financial Options Group and works as the Marketing and Sales manager.
In his free time, Thomas enjoys spending time with his lovely wife, Andrea. His is also an avid outdoorsman, enjoying anything having to do with hunting and fishing.
Thomas R. Hurd, Sr. made his first limited foray into the world of investing in 1962 with the Hamilton mutual fund while serving in the U.S. Air Force.
Tom, Sr. married his high school sweetheart, Linda Ann Szwast in 1961. She is not to be confused with his daughter-in-law, Linda Jean. Which over the years has been very confusing at times.
Tom and Linda Sr. have three children, Tom, Jr, Patrick, and Christine. While living in Florida, Tom, Sr. and his family spent all there free time on their boat scuba diving and water skiing in the Keys. In 1993 Tom moved with his wife to the mountains of North Carolina and has enjoyed white water rafting. Today, Tom's exercise is usually at the local health club and walks with his wife of 47 years.
He has been a business entrepreneur for the last forty plus years while trading stocks and bonds. He sold his business interest's in 1993 and began trading full-time for his own account. In 1998 he started trading commodity futures and in 2005, partnering with his son, Tom, Jr. he traded exclusively in commodity option writing, eventually launching the Financial Options Group.
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