ABOUT US

Equity Armor Investments is an award-winning wealth management firm offering advisory services to individual and institutional investors through proprietary funds, managed futures strategies, and outsourced advisory solutions.

Founded by 3 former options market makers

Featuring a collective 65 years of options trading experience

A wealth of knowledge in volatility and a specialization in VIX

A Mission Forged in the Trading Pit

Early adopters to VIX options, Brian Stutland, Luke Rahbari, and Joe Tigay were active pit traders who grew the firm into the largest electronic market makers of VIX options at a time when VIX popularity was second only to the SPX. The team identified a knowledge gap for advisors wanting to hedge for their customers versus experienced traders. Using their expertise, the team forged Equity Armor Investments into an advisory firm in 2011, developing strategies and supporting advisors with access to professional VIX hedging knowledge that few industry professionals possess.

1992

Luke Rahbari is hired at FirstOptions Corporation on the CBOE

1993

Luke Rahbari joins Letco Trading as clerk in the Designated Primary Market maker (DPM) unit in the TeleMex Pit.

1995

Luke Rahbari becomes independent trader for the DPM unit. Market maker in the Cendant pit). Becomes most profitable independent trader for the DPM unit.

1997

Luke Rahbari becomes a specialist in the Oracle/Cisco system pit, largest options trading pit by volume in the USresponsible for running over 40% of the total capital at the firm.

1999

Brian Stutland joins Letco as a trader

2002

Brian Stutland setup sole proprietorship CBOE membership and purchased seat on the exchange

2002

Letco is purchased by Toronto Dominion Bank. Luke Rahbari establishes the US Equity Derivatives desk for TD, trading listed and OTC single stocks and options.

2005

Joe Tigay clerks for Stutland Equities

2005

Brian Stutland established BD and became one of the first remote electronic market makers in the CBOE

2006

TD moves Luke Rahbari to London to trade global flow options desk and trade equity-linked structured products.

2006

Brian Stutland Enters the VIX pit as one of the first pioneering market makers.

2007

Joe Tigay becomes a trader at Stutland Equities. Trades remote equities, in the SPX pit and eventually in the VIX pit.

2007

Luke Rahbari becomes the Chief Investment Officer of Peachtree Asset Management in London the largest originator of structured products in the US.

2008

Brian Stutland joins CNBC as a contributor.

2009

Brian Stutland makes investment in options electronic order execution and pricing software company Scripted Edge.

2010

Stutland Volatility Group formed with Brian Stutland Luke Rahbari and Joe Tigay. Would change to Equity Armor Investments.

2010

Peachtree is sold to a Private Equity company, Luke moves back to Chicago.

2010

Stutland Volatility Group has joint venture with analytical firm to create UIT’s and ETFs for retail distribution. The JV reaches 1 billion in retail product distributed. Equity Armor exits agreement in 2017.

2011

Stutland Equities joins a fund of funds as a prop VIX trading group.

2011

Brian Stutland and Luke Rahbari make an investment in options BD Trading Block. Luke joins the board. In 2018 Luke and Brian facilitate the sale of Trading Block and exit the investment.

2013

Joe Tigay starts Volatility 411 for CBOETV

2014

Stutland Volatility Group becomes Equity Armor Investments LLC

2017

Brian Stutland, Luke Rahbari, and Joe Tigay form Tremis LLC, a cryptocurrency mining and trading group

2017

Equity Armor Investments launches Outsourced CIO model portfolios

2019

Dec 13^th Equity Armor becomes portfolio manager at Rational Equity Armor fund

2019

Equity Armor Investments launch Armor Alpha and Armor Beta, two unique managed futures CTA programs