Silicon Valley Options Group (SVOG)

At the end of 2021, the Silicon Valley Options Group (SVOG), San Francisco Bay Area Options Group (SFBAOG), and the Trading Options for ProfitS (TOPS) group merged to form the premier Bay Area options organization.  All three organizations are consolidated under the SVOG non-profit registration.  By leveraging the joint experiences and resources, the new SVOG looks to better serve the community of traders and deliver the best programs and experiences toward meeting the needs of traders, from novices to experts alike.  

The growing need in America today is for individuals to be more involved in the management of their investment accounts, which creates a need for real information on how to manage and trade financial markets beyond the marketing and hype. The primary purpose for which this non-profit corporation was formed is to provide an educational environment where the general public interested in stocks, options, and financial market trading can gather to exchange educational information among themselves and with industry experts.  Individuals who wish to expand their knowledge about the stock, options, and financial markets can learn by association with other people trading in these markets. Our intent is share and educate, it IS NOT our purpose to provide market (trading) advice, nor is it an environment to collect or pool money to trade the market for a common gain.  Ultimately, it is about real traders helping other traders become successful through sharing and lending a hand to those wanting to learn.

One of the most valuable services that we provide is a forum for traders to meet other people with similar objectives. We achieve our goal by providing monthly meetings and other events, open to the general public. Meeting and event schedules are posted on our website in a best effort manner. We plan to provide a website with trading information, discussion forums and pointers to other websites of interest (a work in progress). Meeting activities vary from month to month depending on the desires and needs of the attendees. Meetings include anything from presentations by subject matter experts to informal discussions on how to successfully invest or trade in financial markets. Special meetings are created as needed to meet unique opportunities, such as, hosting a reduced cost or free event with a subject matter expert, or a workshop to focus on specific trading skills. In addition, we work to build relationships with other organizations in an effort to further meet our mission objectives.

Sources of funds and fundraising activities consist of: (a) voluntary contributions from attendees at our regular and special meetings; (b) non exclusive corporate sponsorships; (c) proceeds from any copyrighted educational material that we produce to support our educational goals; (d) proceeds from any special subject matter expert seminars or workshops that we host; and (e) sales of logo/trademark materials. All funding sources are to support the purpose and activities of SVOG.

John Chernicky

PJ Scardino

Robert Schmidt

Kurt Schwarz

Warren Wong