About Us
HighGround Trading Group is a boutique futures brokerage specializing in providing clients with custom product solutions, cutting-edge trading platforms, traditional brokerage services and execution. Our clients include retail, commercial and institutional firms around the globe. By combining the talents of seasoned management, skilled brokers and experienced product developers, our goal is to meet and surpass our clients' trading goals and needs.
If we aren't the firm that best fits your trading needs, we'll work with you to find the firm that is. Talk about a higher level of service.
MIKE BURKE – CEO
Michael T. Burke is CEO of HighGround Trading Group and one of its founding partners. He has been involved in senior management positions within the futures industry for over 20 years. Prior to forming HighGround Trading Group, he served as the Executive Vice President of the Introducing Broker Division of MF Global, Inc, COO and SVP of the Introducing Brokers Division at R.J. O'Brien and as the General Manager of Iowa Grain Company.
He is a 1985 graduate of St Mary's University in Winona, MN and is a Certified Public Accountant. Mike served three terms on the National Introducing Broker Association Board of Directors and also served on the NFA/FIA Best Practices Committee. He is a past member of the CBOT and CME FCM Committee and the BOTCC Clearing Corporation Operations Task Force.
RICK GALLWAS – President
Rick Gallwas is the President of HighGround Trading Group, Inc and one of the founding partners. He brings 20 years of experience in building innovative products to meet the needs of investors through online platforms, value added broker assisted and managed futures products. Prior to forming HighGround, he was the President of RJO Futures and an owner and COO of Zap Futures which was sold to R.J. O'Brien. He was also a Full Member of the CBOT, operating as a filling broker in the grain complex.
Contact Us
877 206-4250 Toll-Free
312 604-3040 Office
312 604-3044 Fax
209 W. Jackson Blvd
Suite 600
Chicago, IL 60606
