About Asym 500

Asym 500 is a New York City-based financial markets commentary and consulting firm focused on the pursuit of asymmetric return profiles centered around the S&P 500 derivatives market. The firm was founded in 2023 by Rocky Fishman. Key areas of Asym 500's coverage include global equity market volatility and option trading strategies. The firm aims to serve a broad group of institutional investors.

Rocky Fishman, CFA, founded Asym 500 after 13 years as a sell-side strategist covering equity derivative markets. Rocky was head of index derivatives strategy at Goldman Sachs from 2017 to 2023, and an equity derivatives strategist at Deutsche Bank from 2009 to 2017. Prior to his time on the sell side, Rocky worked on the buy side at Goldman Sachs Asset Management and at Platinum Grove Asset Management. Rocky's work has been covered extensively in financial media, and he has presented at several industry conferences. Rocky holds BA and MS degrees in Computer Science from Harvard University, and an MBA from Columbia Business School. He lives in New York City with his wife and four children.