Leadership
Sam Seiden
VP Education
Sam Seiden began his career at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange after attending Loyola University. He holds a Commodity Trading
Advisor (CTA) license and is a current member of National Futures Association (NFA). Mr. Seiden has extensive experience in the
markets: over 15 years in Futures Trading (Equity Index Futures, Bond and Note Futures, Currency Futures, Energy and Metal
Futures, Commodity Futures), Stock (Equities) Trading, Forex Trading, and over 10 years in Options Trading. He was the Hedge Fund
Manager at Firon Capital, Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) at Osprey Investment Group LLC and Director of Technical Research at
Pristine Capital Holdings.
In 2007, Mr. Seiden joined the Online Trading Academy team as an instructor and was quickly promoted to Director of Online
Education. In early 2010, he moved into the Director of Education role and then more recently was promoted to Vice President of Education.
He is a lead instructor for the Extended Learning Track (XLT) and plays a vital role in the content and
product developed for both physical on-location courses and the Extended Learning Track (XLT) online program.
Mr. Seiden is a featured author, regular radio and TV guest and regular contributor to industry leading magazines.
He firmly believes that those who have the knowledge and power to improve the lives of others have the responsibility to do so.
This is his mission at Online Trading Academy.
Sam won Forex Best Awards for 2011 from FXstreet.com in every
category in which he was nominated including Best Educator, Best Education Content: “Lesson From the Pros”, and Best Webinar.
This annual awards event honors top contributors to their site, FXstreet.com, the leading independent portal dedicated to
providing complete and timely information about the Foreign Exchange (Forex) market.