Thomas Long has been a broker, trader, and analyst in the financial markets for almost 20 years. He was introduced to the financial markets when he began working as a futures and commodities broker for a Futures Commission Merchant located at the Chicago Board of Trade. He eventually refined his trading approach while working as a proprietary bond trader for a bank located in Chicago. He joined FXCM in 2005 and worked in the Plano, Texas, office. Thomas no longer works for FXCM.