Mike Butler

Options Trading Expert & Show Host


Mike Butler is part of the exceptional customer support team at tastylive, and contributes to paid advertising, data intelligence and content creation on the marketing team. You can find him on the show co-hosting Options Trading Concepts LIVE, where he is joined by Nick Battista and Katie McGarrigle to tackle live YouTube chat questions in real time. He gained popularity on the network from his beginner series, Mike and his Whiteboard, and has since hosted Where Do I Start: Back in the Game and has been a key content contributor to several of the educational courses in the tastylive Learn Center. He has also starred in various series about managing a trading portfolio, including Market Mindset, Trade Managers, and Everyday Trader.

Top Expertises 

  • Content Creation
  • Options Trading Education

Trading Style

  • Implied Volatility
  • Quantitative

Background Experience

  • Customer service manager at ULINE

Education

  • B.S. in Commerce at DePaul University

Fun Fact

Mike learned everything he knows about trading options from tastylive content and is living proof that one can go from not knowing what a “put” is to successfully managing a live account. Aside from trading Mike is passionate about fitness and spends his free time finding sanctuary in the gym. He also loves snowboarding, wakeboarding, and most importantly, Asian food.

trading since
2012
at tastylive since
2014
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