Abraham Trading Company’s main office is in Canadian, Texas, a town of 2,500
people located in the Texas Panhandle. Eleven employees, a 10,000 square foot
office building, a 2,500 square foot trading room, T-1 lines combined with full
power supply backup, satellite phone backup and offsite data storage allow
Abraham Trading Company to be on the cutting edge of the financial industry from
rural Texas. ATC also maintains a branch office in Austin, Texas, to support research and marketing efforts.
ATC’s
Management Team
Salem Abraham is the president and owner of Abraham Trading Company. Salem attended The University of Notre Dame from August 1984 until December 1987, graduating cum laude with a B.B.A. degree in Finance. His interest in futures trading began in college, and it was during the spring and summer of 1987 that he developed the core of his present trading strategy.
During this time, Salem did extensive research in the technical and methodological aspects of futures trading. Combining the information he gathered with ideas that he developed during his research, he began the task of back-testing the profitability of numerous trading theories in an effort to establish the relative validity of those theories. Through this process many long-venerated trading strategies were shown to be unviable in changing market conditions, while other strategies were modified in order to maximize their profitability.
This research led Salem to develop a long-term trend-following system, and in August 1987 he began to test his approach by trading futures for his own account. In January 1988 he began to manage customer accounts using his systematic approach. He became registered as a CTA in October 1988 and organized ATC in August 1990 to act as CTA for all customer accounts. Salem continues to actively conduct research on trading strategies.
Mark Abraham,
Salem’s cousin, is registered with the CFTC as an associated person of ATC and
is a member of the NFA. He attended The University of Texas at Austin from
August 1991 through May 1995 where he received a B.B.A. degree in Finance. Mark
joined ATC full time in May 1995 as Salem’s research assistant. Working with
Salem, Mark develops ATC’s research platforms and aids in developing, testing,
and refining ATC’s trading methods. Mark has 14 years of research experience.
Shaun Jordan, Director of Marketing, joined ATC in 2003 to market to new clients as well as service existing clientele. He graduated The University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Economics in 1991. In 1997 he received his MBA with a focus in Marketing from The University of Texas at Austin. Prior to joining ATC Shaun operated a sports marketing company that placed elite athletes in instructional clinic environments around the world. His sponsors included NIKE, Dell Computer Corporation, and The Pepsi Bottling Group. Shaun was a member of the 1988 and 1992 USA Olympic Swim Teams, winning two Olympic Gold Medals.
Barry Sims, Director of Operations, is registered with the CFTC as an associated person of ATC and is a member of the NFA. Barry attended Texas Tech University from 1976 through 1979, and as early as 1980 was developing software for financial institutions. In 1992 Barry started his own information management and technology-consulting firm with clients including banks, accountants, lawyers, doctors, and Abraham Trading Company. He sold his consulting business and joined ATC full time in March 1995. Barry assists with the technology, marketing, operations, and trading at ATC.
Larry Smith is registered with the CFTC as an associated person of ATC and is a member of the NFA. Larry graduated from West Texas A&M University in 1993 with a B.B.A. degree in Finance. Larry is responsible for the trading desk and works with ATC’s brokers to improve the execution and implementation of ATC’s trading strategies.
Shaun Jordan,