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Amy Wu Silverman is the head of derivatives strategy for RBC Capital Markets.The managing director, who recently returned from maternity leave, recently documented her daily routine for Business Insider.Volatility is back in financial markets, and that means busy days for RBC Capital Market's head of derivatives strategy, Amy Wu Silverman. As part of her daily regimen, Silverman closely follows equity volatility related topics in order to relay them to the bank's clients as well as the media. She regularly appears on networks including CNBC and Bloomberg TV, as well as print and online publications discussing markets stories. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.
Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in.She enjoys the qualitative parts of her job, like visiting clients around the world, as well as the quantitative aspects, such as designing an options trade or analyzing a backtest.Silverman recently documented her daily routine for Business Insider during RBC's Trade for the Kids day, which donated over $3 million to youth-focused charities throughout the world, including Storefront School, where she is a board member. Check it out:5 a.m.Amy Wu Silverman/RBC Capital MarketsMy day starts early.
Our five month-old baby wakes up between 4-5 a.m. and goes back tosleep. I can’t fall asleep again, so I answer emails, read news, check the markets, orderdiapers and groceries, and get ready for work.6:30 a.m.Amy Wu Silverman/RBC Capital MarketsBaby is awake again! We play, read books, and do tummy time.
My husband, a partner at an investment firm in Connecticut, sings to her before heading to work.7 a.m.Amy Wu Silverman/RBC Capital MarketsI breastfeed the baby and my four-year-old wakes up soon after. The three of us play andread. As our nanny arrives, I prepare the pump items I will need for work. Having returned towork from maternity leave only a month ago, breastfeeding/pumping milk is a regular part of my day.8:30 a.m.Amy Wu Silverman/RBC Capital MarketsI arrive at work and the first thing I do is pump before heading to the trading floor.
Today our offices are decorated in gold and blue to celebrate our global RBC Trade for the Kids day where we donate more than $3 million globally to 40 major youth-focused charity partners, including mine, through events across four continents and 23 cities. People ask how I can concentrate on the trading floor but after 15 years I couldn’t imagine it any other way!9:30 a.m.RBC Capital Markets / Amy Wu SilvermanDing ding ding — the market opens! I highlight the Trade for the Kids day to clients aswell as a report I wrote discussing how volatility has behaved so far during earnings season andwhat stocks have cheap options ahead of the earnings catalyst. We talk to clients over thephone and via Bloomberg Terminals.11 a.m.Amy Wu Silverman/RBC Capital MarketsI pump at RBC’s lactation room.
While I pump I catch up on equity research reports. Teslareported earnings today and I go over the earnings call, our research, as well as examine how the volatility landscape has shifted.NoonAmy Wu Silverman/RBC Capital MarketsLunch break! Today my colleague, Jeff Shaw, and I are hosting the charities that benefitfrom Trade for the Kids day.2 p.m.Amy Wu Silverman/RBC Capital MarketsMy colleague, Steve Gracyalny, and I discuss structuring a downside trade for the Techsector, protecting an Energy heavy portfolio and overwriting to collect income on high dividendyield stocks. After that I field a few calls with clients.
I also have a chat with a reporter on therecent VIX settlement and the February volatility spike’s impact on levered, inverse ETPs.3 p.m.Amy Wu Silverman/RBC Capital MarketsThe non-glamorous, but absolutely realistic, part of recently returning from maternity leave is that I’m heading back to the pumping room … again!5 p.m.Amy Wu Silverman/RBC Capital MarketsAfter the market close, I wrap up some client work and head out for the day.5:30 p.m.Amy Wu Silverman/RBC Capital MarketsI’m home and the kiddos are ready to play! Usually, we hit the playgrounds but today is special: Dad’s birthday. We prepare his present (fancy socks and new shirts).6 p.m.Amy Wu Silverman/RBC Capital MarketsDaddy’s home too and we wear hats to celebrate his birthday. My nanny normally leavesaround now but is staying over tonight so my husband and I can celebrate his birthday togetherwith dinner out.
We have dinner time and then bath time for the kiddos. The baby is asleep by7pm and my older daughter by 8:30 pm.8:30 p.m.Amy Wu Silverman/RBC Capital MarketsBirthday dinner! We enjoy the truffled oysters at Giorgio's as well as their s’moresbread pudding for dessert... food coma.
I'll definitely need some gym time tomorrow! Soonafter, I am home and off to bed.Now read: 6 senior women on Wall Street share their best career advicencG1vNJzZmivp6x7o8HSoqWeq6Oeu7S1w56pZ5ufonylrdhmoKdlpJ2ybrjIn5xmp5Zirm7DwKWjZqukp7KmwIysq6uZpJq0qr%2FTZpimsV2swm6%2FyKWtnqqdlrtuvsGcZJyZoJ7BoriMppiro5WpwG5%2Bj2pvZm0%3D