About the Firm

Robert J. Ogilvie, Founder & Chief Investment Officer

  • Prior to founding Skybox Trading in January 2007, Mr. Ogilvie founded Coastal Capital Management, a Florida RIA and the General Partner to three Investment Funds including a Multi-Strategy and an Income Fund. Mr. Ogilvie gained much of his institutional trading and capital management experience as the head trader of the funds under management. In addition to serving as the Chief Investment Officer, Mr. Ogilvie created multiple investment strategies utilizing equities, debt instruments, commodities and foreign currency. Furthermore, he served as the funds Risk Manager which included loss management, profit capture and strategy allocation.
  • Prior to founding Coastal Capital, Mr. Ogilvie began his employment with Decision Capital Management, LLC in May 2003 where he served as the Portfolio Manager for the Decision Growth and Option Income Strategy Fund. Prior to his employment with Decision Capital Management, Robert moved to St. Petersburg, FL to serve as a Branch Manager and Financial Advisor with GunnAllen Financial, a regional brokerage firm that provided traditional financial and investment banking services. Mr. Ogilvies responsibilities included managing and actively trading clients accounts, recruitment of financial advisors, and compliance supervision. In 1997, Mr. Ogilvie began his professional and financial services career with a small retail boutique broker/dealer as an investment broker in Sarasota, FL. Early success at the firm led Mr. Ogilvie to become licensed as a Registered Options and General Securities Principal.
  • While attending the University of Central Florida, where he majored in finance, Mr. Ogilvie was first introduced to option pricing theories, portfolio analysis and portfolio modeling. From 1998 - 2003, Mr. Ogilvie had been a recommended Financial Advisor and author for OptionInvestor.com. In addition to this introduction to options pricing theory combined with his experience in portfolio modeling, the knowledge attained from managing options accounts provided the basis on which many proprietary trading strategies were developed. Mr. Ogilvie now makes his home in Lakewood Ranch, FL, with his wife Melissa and sons Riley and Gavin.