About GLTC

You, and your needs in the trading of futures and options markets is Great Lakes Trading Company, Inc.'s specific focus. You will benefit from our large specialized knowledge base of futures and options markets.  GLTC tailors its services to your specific needs, whether your needs are individual speculation, having a managed account or managing inherent price risk within your business enterprise.

If you are a producer and(or) a processor of commodities ( i.e. agricultural, energies and financial) we work with you to assess the specific risks in your business, and discover strategies to minimize the risk of adverse price fluctuations. In some cases markets will present opportunities which allow you to lock in prices above the cost of production or below the cost of processing, thereby putting yourself in a positive equity position within your business. GLTC works hard to help you identify market opportunities to gain your extra edge which is vital to your business in today's competitive world economy.

Great Lakes Trading understands the importance to listening in-depth to your needs.  We work to understand your business so that ideas and solutions can be provided which fit your specific business equation. GLTC will work with you in managing your specific business risks.  GLTC assists many different types of hedging customers, ranging from agricultural producers managing price risk in grains and livestock, to orthopedic and software companies managing currency exchange risk.  GLTC also assists Central and South American producers and processors of many different commodities to hedge their price risk.  In addition GLTC also works with South American banks to hedge their foreign currency assets. ( If you  would prefer the GLTC site in Spanish please click GLTC en Espanol.

No matter what your business price risk is,  GLTC has experience and knowledge that you and your company can utilize to reduce and (or) minimize the impact of price risk on your business. 

To assist in the development of a total strategic risk management plan which has the best potential for you, Great Lakes strives to ask you the right questions. This gives you the opportunity to discover the answers which provide answers that are specific to your needs.

You can access the broad perspective GLTC has on factors affecting markets and help translate seemingly unrelated issues and news into real knowledge which can help you to better plan your business operations and risk management strategies at a local, national and international level.  Since our customer base covers the entire U.S. and clients in other countries we have a large network of individuals and companies which have first hand knowledge of situations which can affect markets and thereby benefit you.

Great Lakes conducts its own technical and fundamental market research, this allows them to have a better understanding of these forces within the market. Since GLTC uses this approach they can better service you through the intimate knowledge of their decision making process rather than reading another's ideas which although may be valid cannot be truly understood because GLTC was not part of the logic thinking process.

If you are a speculator Great Lakes can assist you whether you are a seasoned professional or just starting in directing your own trading destiny.

GLTC uses electronic order entry which provides extremely fast and efficient access of your orders to markets worldwide.  In addition GLTC gives you real-time access to your account and the ability to place orders directly to all markets.

Our quote systems are "state of the art" real-time which help to provide accurate market data for you.  Especially if you have delayed quote systems, limited access to price information or in some cases no access to price information.   In addition charts, chart studies, news and other information can be faxed or emailed to you upon request directly from our computers which provides you with "timely" information which you may need to make critical decisions.

We assist you in the development of your speculative trading plans by trying to emphasize to you the need for strict (even fanatical discipline) to your trading and money management plans.

In addition, if you do not have time to trade your own account or you are looking for trading plan diversification or financial diversification, we offer managed accounts traded by registered commodity trading advisors (CTA's,managed funds) with performance histories. 

I look forward to hearing from you and the opportunity of providing total service to your trading plans. Whether you are  managing  inherent price risk in your business or managing your speculative risk,  I am sure GLTC's "sharpened" tools of experience, knowledge, strategy discovery and efficient round the clock market access will provide to value your specific trading needs.

I applaud you in directing your  destiny, "Free markets for Free Men!"

Sincerely,
Patrick J. Sullivan
President

A Futures & Options, Financial & Commodities Consulting and Brokerage Firm


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