#PreMarket Prep For The Week Of May 25: Hedge Fund Managers & Trading Educators

A shorter week in the market doesn’t mean any less great content on this week’s #PreMarket Prep!

Be sure to tune in at 8:00 am EST Monday-Friday here to interact with our veteran traders, market technicians and money managers that come on the show.

Tuesday, May 26, 8:35 a.m.

Nic Chahine (@racernic), Options Expert

Nic Chahine joins the show every Tuesday to discuss the week's options outlook. He's a Marketfy Maven and author of the Create Income with Options Spreads blog.

9 a.m.

Scott Redler (@RedDogT3), Chief Strategist at T3 Live and T3 Trading Group

Scott Redler has been trading equities for more than 10 years and has more recently received widespread recognition from the financial community for his insightful, pragmatic approach. He began his career as a broker and venture capitalist where he was able to facilitate relationships that led him into trading. Beginning his trading career at Broadway Trading in 1999, Scott moved on with Marc Sperling to Sperling Enterprises, LLC after establishing himself as one of the best young traders in the firm. As a manager at Sperling Enterprises, he maintained his status as a top trader at the firm while working closely with all traders in the firm to dramatically increase performance.

9:20 a.m.

Glenn Martin, Chief Executive of ShareMaestro Limited

Glenn Martin is the Chief Executive of ShareMaestro Limited, which provides UK investment software. His first book, “How to Value Shares and Outperform the Market” was published in 2011. His second book, “7 Successful Stock Market Strategies” has just been published. This book focuses on index investment strategies which provide annual returns of up to 37 percent.

Wednesday, May 27, 8:35 a.m.

Fari Hamzei (@HamzeiAnalytics), Founder of Hamzei Analytics

Fari Hamzei joins the show every Wednesday, bringing his wealth of knowledge on aggressive equity options and index futures trends. Hamzei is frequently quoted by CNBC, Bloomberg and RealMoney. His book, "Master Traders: Strategies for Superior Returns from Today’s Top Traders," published by John Wiley & Sons in October 2006, was a bestseller on Amazon trading books space.

9 a.m.

Ann Logue (@annielogue), Author of "Day Trading for Dummies"

Ann Logue is the author of "Emerging Markets for Dummies," "Socially Responsible Investing for Dummies," "Day Trading for Dummies," and "Hedge Funds for Dummies," and has written for Barron’s, Newsweek Japan, and Entrepreneur, among other publications. She is a lecturer in finance at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her current career follows 12 years of experience as an investment analyst. She holds a B.A. from Northwestern University, an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago, and the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

9:20 a.m.

Greg Harmon (@harmongreg), Founder of Dragonfly Capital Management

Greg Harmon has more than 25 years of trading experience at BNP Paribas, State Street and JPMorgan. He has held senior positions including Head of Global Trading, Head of Product Development, Head of Strategy and Director of Equity and is the author of "Trading Options: Using Technical Analysis to Design Winning Trades."

Thursday, May 28 8:35 a.m.

JC Parets (@allstarcharts), Founder of Eagle Bay Capital

JC Parets is is a 10-year veteran and Market Technician who actively manages money incorporating Technical Analysis and Behavioral Finance into his practice. JC’s work has been featured regularly on CNBC, Fox Business, Bloomberg, Business News Network, Wall Street Journal and Yahoo Finance among many other financial media outlets. JC Parets recently launched a research arm named Eagle Bay Solutions where market participants around the world can pay for access to his research.

9 a.m.

Rachel Shasha (@Sassy_SPY), Trader and Blogger at Sassy Options

A graduate from both UCLA and USC, Shasha researched the psychology of the markets for over five years. She is currently a full-time trader and regular contributor to The Street. Her main strategy involves trading both short and long term options using technical analysis, open interest and sentiment/psychology.

9:20 a.m.

Todd Sullivan (@ToddSullivan), Founder of Rand Strategic Partners

Todd Sullivan is the Founder of Rand Strategic Partners, a long/short hedge fund, the author of the ValuePlays blog and an angel investor in Estimize, DailyWorth, Mile High Organics, Shatki and Agua Enerviva.

Friday, May 29, 8:35 a.m.

Ralph Acampora (@Ralph_Acampora), Director of Technical Analysis for Altaira Wealth Management

Ralph Acampora is a pioneer in the development of market analytics and has a global reputation as a market historian and a technical analyst. He is former Director of Technical Research at Smith Barney and Prudential Securities, and is a published author and popular lecturer consulted by financial experts and journalists worldwide. He has lectured at the New York Institute of Finance for over 40 years and cofounded the Market Technicians Association. He helped create the Chartered Market Technician designation which is now recognized by FINRA as the equivalent of a Chartered Financial Analyst.

9 a.m.

Mike Bellafiore (@MikeBellafiore), Co-Founder of SMB Capital

Mike Bellafiore co-founded SMB Capital, a proprietary trading firm in New York City, and SMBU, its trader education company. He is the author of “One Good Trade” and “The PlayBook.” He also co-authored a chapter for “The StockTwits Edge,” in which he discussed a favorite trading setup. As an international lecturer, Bellafiore has built trader trading programs globally for hedge funds, prop trading desks, and retail traders, working with some of the world’s largest traders.

9:20 a.m.

Rick Ackerman (@RickAckerman), Technical Forecaster and Author of Rick's Picks

Rick Ackerman is a trader and technical forecaster whose daily service, Rick Picks, attracts veteran traders from around the world. His provocative essays on the stock market and the economy have appeared in Barron’s, the San Francisco Examiner and numerous trading publications. He cut his teeth working for twelve years as a market maker on the floor of the Pacific Stock Exchange.