VixChange Author Bio
Dennis V. Leontyev
Dennis Leontyev has over 30 years of experience in the investment industry with expertise in trading
and hedge fund management. He has consistently delivered outstanding returns regardless of market
direction. Dennis is known in the hedge fund world for trading model development, risk management,
and unique innovations in quantitative, technical and market neutral analysis. He has substantial
experience in equities, futures and options trading with proven track record.
Prior to founding VixChange, LLC., Dennis was a hedge fund manager at Madison Park Advisors, where
he co-managed two hedge funds specializing in volatility trading and structured products (exotic
options) investments. Dennis was a portfolio manager at Telluride Asset Management, where he
managed $50M in directional and market neutral strategies. Dennis had also held positions as a Senior
Vice President at Chicago Analytic Capital Management overseeing long-term portfolios of institutional
and high net worth clients ($500M AUM) as well as managing a short-term trading hedge fund; as a Vice
President of trading and brokerage at Commodity Resource Corp; and as trader at Neva Investment
Fund.
Some of Dennis’s accomplishments include:
– Successful management of up to $50M diversified hedge fund portfolio specializing in futures,
equities and options trading.
– Overseeing of core long-term equity portfolio of over $500M.
– Effective construction of directional and market neutral strategies on Options, Equities, Equity
Indexes, Fixed Income and Commodities based on Proprietary Systems and Indicators, Tape
Reading, Sentiment, Inter-market and Volatility Analysis.
– Profiled by Futures Magazine for excellent results in fund management.
– Contributing Author to “Master Traders” book, published by Wiley, 2006.
– Training of individual and commercial traders in trading psychology, risk management, options
strategies, technical analysis and propriety trading systems.
