Tim Ord received his Bachelors of Science Degree in education, specializing in mathematics, from the University of Nebraska. He began his trading career as a broker in 1977 and became Vice President and Senior Registered Options Principal for E.J. Pittock, Inc. in 1980. Tim has traded the OEX index options since their inception in the early 1980’s. In 1988 he entered The United States Trading Championship competition in the option division using his own account and placed fourth nationally. A contributing editor of Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities Magazine in which he presented a new technical trading tool using the N.Y.S.E. tick index. He was one of the speakers on technical analysis at the Dow Jones Telerate Seminars in Las Vegas in 1995. His market opinions are featured regularly on Reuter America along with weekly on Data Broadcasting Corporation, (a stocks and commodities quote vendor), and also on Marketline, (a premium service for quote vendors). At the helm of a trading advisory called The Ord Oracle, Tim Ord makes specific OEX option recommendations via hotline updates and fax service.