Russell Rhoads is a highly regarded strategist, educator and consultant - among other things he is perhaps best known as the author of Trading VIX Derivatives, the textbook in the space. Russell spent a decade at CBOE, including a stint as director of education at The Cboe Options Institute. He has a 25-year career, which includes buyside firms such as Balyasny Asset Management, Caldwell & Orkin, and Millennium Management.