About Us

Our Approach

We provide traders with innovative ETFs that offer the potential to profit from various market conditions. Volatility Shares is a Registered Investment Adviser registered with the SEC and a Commodity Pool Operator (CPO) registered with the NFA.

Our Team

Stuart Barton, PhD, CFA

Stuart Barton, PhD, CFA

Co-Founder, Co-CIO

Stuart Barton, PhD, CFA

Stuart Barton, PhD, CFA

Co-Founder, Co-CIO

Stuart is a derivatives structuring and trading specialist with 20+ years’ experience managing derivatives portfolios. Stuart holds a PhD in Economic History from the University of Cambridge, an MBA from the University of Surrey, and an engineering degree from the University of Cape Town. Stuart is a CFA charterholder.

Justin Young

Justin Young

Co-Founder, President

Justin Young

Justin Young

Co-Founder, President

Justin is a capital markets and structuring specialist with 15+ years’ experience developing and launching ETFs. Throughout his career at the NYSE, Global X ETFs, and Volatility Shares, Justin helped to develop, structure, and launch over 500 ETFs. Justin holds a Bachelors of Arts (BA) from Georgetown University.

Chang Kim, CFA

Chang Kim, CFA

COO, CCO

Chang Kim, CFA

Chang Kim, CFA

COO, CCO

Chang is a portfolio management and capital markets specialist with 12+ years’ experience in developing and managing ETFs. Prior to joining Volatility Shares, Chang was COO at Global X ETFs, where he helped propel the firm to be a major player in the ETF space. Chang holds a BA in Film Studies from Yale University and is a CFA charterholder.

Charles Lowery, CFA

Charles Lowery, CFA

Co-CIO, Head of Product Management

Charles Lowery, CFA

Charles Lowery, CFA

Co-CIO, Head of Product Management

Charles is a portfolio management and capital markets specialist with 16+ years' experience in launching and managing ETFs. Before joining Volatility Shares, he was Director of ETF Portfolio Management at Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC, where he helped establish their ETF sub-advisory business. He was also a portfolio manager at ProShares, responsible for the management of numerous leveraged and inverse ETFs and mutual funds benchmarked to various market indexes. Charles holds a BS in Business Administration from Georgetown University and is a CFA charterholder.