Pete Najarian
Pete Najarian is a Co-Founder of Market Rebellion, a platform dedicated to empowering individual investors with comprehensive trading education and tools. Pete has earned a reputation in the industry as an options trading expert and pioneer. He had co-founded several enterprises with his brother Jon Najarian, including tradeMONSTER, the first online broker to deploy streaming, desktop-like trading in a web browser. He also co-developed and co-patented trading applications and algorithms used to identify unusual activity in stock, options, and futures markets. Following a football career that included several seasons with the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Minnesota Vikings, Pete began options trading in 1992 at Mercury Trading, a market-making firm at the Chicago Board Options Exchange. He was previously known as one of the “Fast Money Five” on CNBC’s “Fast Money” as well as a cast member of CNBC’s “Halftime Report.”
EARLY CAREER
After his stint at CBOE, he assumed responsibility for Mercury’s risk and arbitrage and later led its entry onto the New York Stock Exchange.
He also led Mercury’s joint venture with M.J. Meehan, the third-largest specialist firm on the NYSE.
optionMONSTER and tradMONSTER were sold to E*Trade for $750 million in September of 2016.
Before starting optionMONSTER, he was a founding member of One Chicago, an electronic exchange committed to becoming the global leader in futures on individual stocks, narrow-based indexes, and ETFs.
He is also the Co-Founder of Hedgehog stock, options, and futures trading platform and together with brother Jon Najarian, co-developed the Heat SeekerⓇ and complementary programs identifying unusual buying activity in stocks, options, and futures.
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
Pete was previously known as one of the “Fast Money Five” on CNBC’s “Fast Money” as well as a cast member of CNBC’s “Halftime Report.”
More recently, he’s appeared on Fox Business talking markets on “Kudlow” and “Mornings with Maria.”
He also contributes to Chicago Board Options Exchange-TV, the exchange’s popular webcast.
He also appeared in Business Insider, MoneyShow, and Real Vision.