A resident guest on Stocks & Jocks with his Commodities expertise, Chris Manns is an agricultural commodities markets guru and author of the very first Agricultural Options publication written as a key in development of the CBOT Agricultural Options. He has been a 20-yr member of the Futures Exchanges at Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Chris airs on the “Business for Breakfast” radio show out of Denver each Friday morning. He contributes to agricultural magazines in 8 Latin American countries, works with the CBOT media, Reuters, Securities Week and The American Farm Bureau. A commodities commentator on several U.S. and international shows (radio, TV, and written media), he is author of educational programs and training materials, reports, articles and the acclaimed “Traders Commodity letter”. Chris is co-founder of the Chicago Traders Network, is Director of Global Commodities for PTI, and a Managing Director for Grain merchandising at the Traders Group, Inc. Mr. Manns serves as an advisor to several world agricultural leaders, a member of several international agricultural organizations. A designer of sophisticated Risk management tools, Hedging Instruments, Options strategies and tailored seminars. He is an NFA registered broker, fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. His favorite phrase for the markets is: “Take Bold Actions, but Always have a Plan B”.