Benjamin began his career in 2005 trading grains at Infinium Capital Management, a large proprietary trading group in Chicago. Over his eight-year career at ICM, his team successfully led the firm's expansion into several products. Under Benjamin's lead, the natural gas options desk became one of the most accomplished desks at the firm. Launched in July 2007, the natural gas desks quickly became a top-3 option volume participant and the number one market-making firm in Natural Gas. Benjamin looked to build on the success of ICM's natural gas desk when he partnered with the commodities-focused fund Dixie Asset Management in 2013 to build out a systematic volatility trading portfolio. At Dixie Asset Management he fine-tuned his systematic volatility trading model prior to founding BMG Energy Trading in 2015.

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In 2015, Derek Stroke partnered with Benjamin Griffith to help found BMG Energy Trading, a commodities-focused investment advisor. Derek applies the firm's systematic approach to various commodities to identify when trade opportunities arise. He compares the current market conditions and underlying fundamentals to historical scenarios to help identify trading opportunities.

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Derek began his career in commodities brokering exchanged listed energy futures at GFI Group Inc, a global institutional brokerage company, in 2006. While at GFI Group Inc., he began to focus his efforts on energy options, specifically on electricity and Natural Gas future options. He started trading Natural Gas options at the Raleigh-based commodity-focused hedge fund Dixie Asset Management. At Dixie Asset Management, Derek and Ben started to build the volatility trading model currently utilized by Equanimity.