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── EST. 2024 · CYCLE 087

Stop buying options.
Start selling them.

A systematic framework for generating 2–3% monthly from premium selling. Built from real performance data. Designed for professionals who treat capital allocation seriously.

74% WIN RATE│ 1.83 PROFIT FACTOR│ 180+ PAGES
TRADE SCORER · LIVE 04.27.26 · 14:32 EDT
TICKERDTEΔYIELDSCORE
SPY 32 −0.16 0.92% 8.4
QQQ 32 −0.18 1.04% 8.1
XOM 45 −0.20 1.31% 7.8
IWM 32 −0.15 0.88% 7.2
GLD 45 −0.14 0.76% 6.9
KO 45 −0.17 0.81% 6.6
AGGREGATE θ-DECAY · WK 17 + €4,127.50
2–3% Monthly yield target
74.2% System win rate · 412 trades
180+ Page operating manual
8-pt Pre-trade scoring system
The Problem

You've been paying for time decay. The market thanks you.

Most retail options activity is directional, short-dated, and behaviourally driven. You buy a call. Theta erodes. IV crushes. The trade was right, the structure was wrong. The data tells the same story every time.

── Source: founder's TradeZella export, 2022–2024.
All directional positions. No survivorship bias.

LOSS LEDGER · DIRECTIONAL ERA
Trades closed 347
Win rate 38.4%
Profit factor 0.76
Avg holding period 6.2 days
Largest single loss −€2,810
NET P&L −€19,333
≈ −$20,890 USD
The Shift

The institutional edge isn't prediction. It's positioning.

Market makers, pension desks, and structured-product books don't guess direction. They sell premium, define risk, and let probability compound. The math is public. The discipline isn't.

Pattern

Retail directional

Buys lottery tickets at full retail. Pays bid-ask, pays IV, fights theta. Profit factor < 1.

Method

Institutional premium-selling

Sells defined-risk premium against quality underlyings. Time decay works for, not against. Profit factor 1.6–2.1.

The System

A complete operating system. Not theory. Not a course.

A manual you execute against. Frameworks for cash-secured puts, covered calls, and LEAPS. Every entry has a checklist. Every exit has a rule. Every adjustment has a tree.

01 / Scorer

8-Point Trade Scorer

Every position scored before entry against eight criteria — IV rank, delta, DTE, liquidity, balance-sheet health, technical zone, sector exposure, and assignment cost. Fail two, walk away.

IVR ≥ 30 · Δ ≤ 0.20 · 30–45 DTE
02 / Trees

Decision Trees

If/then management for every scenario the underlying can hand you. Up 50%, down 50%, sideways at expiration, breach — each branch is pre-decided. No improvising at 14:48 EDT.

6 trees · 47 terminal states
03 / Tracker

Master Tracker

Logs, scores, and reviews every trade. IBKR export → tracker → weekly post-mortem. The ledger is the curriculum. The review is the tuition.

Sheets · Notion · CSV
Allocation Model

70 / 20 / 10. The shape of a serious sleeve.

The allocation is the single biggest determinant of outcome. Most retail accounts are 90% directional, 10% panic. We invert it.

70%
20%
10%
Cash-Secured Puts
Income engine. 30–45 DTE, Δ ≤ 0.20, quality underlyings. Take 50%.
LEAPS
Long-dated synthetic exposure on 2–3 anchor positions. Roll quarterly.
Cash reserve
Optionality. Vol expansion adds, drawdown defence, dividend timing.
Operating Principles

Three rules that survived contact with the data.

01
Never roll for a debit.
A roll is a new trade. If it requires paying, it has negative expected value before the bell rings. Take assignment or close.
02
Take profit at 50%.
Capturing half the credit in a third of the time is the trade. The marginal yield from the last 50% is paid for in tail risk.
03
Assignment is not failure.
A cash-secured put assigned at a price you wanted to own anyway is the strategy working. Plan your exit before your entry.
Pre-qualification

Who this is not for.

We'd rather lose a fit on the homepage than after the refund window. If any of the below describes you, close the tab.

  • 01 Looking for a get-rich-quick scheme.
  • 02 Want trade alerts to copy.
  • 03 Unwilling to follow rules without exception.
  • 04 Expecting guaranteed returns.
  • 05 Looking for a guru, a vibe, or a Discord war room.

── Still here? Good.

Pricing

One quarter of advisory fees. Indefinitely yours.

1% advisory fee on €200k = €2,000 / year
The Complete Kit: €697 once
Tier 1

The System

€297
one-time · ≈ $322
  • ✓ 180+ page playbook
  • ✓ 12 video modules
  • ✓ Decision trees & checklists
Get the System →
Recommended

The Complete Kit

€697
one-time · ≈ $755
  • ✓ Everything in The System
  • ✓ Master Tracker (Sheets)
  • ✓ 4 Situation Playbooks
  • ✓ Trade Scorer + TV configs
Get the Complete Kit →
Tier 3

The Allocation Room

€97
/ month · ≈ $105
  • ✓ Everything in Complete Kit
  • ✓ Weekly market briefings
  • ✓ Monthly portfolio livestream
  • ✓ 200 DMA scanner output
Join the Room →
FAQ

The questions everyone asks first.

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You should know what a put is, what a call is, and what assignment means. Beyond that, everything is taught from first principles. Most members have 1–10 years of investing experience and want a more rigorous approach to options income.
IBKR is recommended for low fees, full options chain access, and the Master Tracker has a one-click IBKR export. The frameworks work on any broker that supports defined-risk options. We provide setup notes for IBKR, Tastytrade, and Schwab.
30-day no-questions money-back guarantee on every one-time tier and the first month of the membership. If the depth does not match your standards, email us. We do not argue.
A course is a curriculum you complete and forget. This is an operating manual you execute against — referenced every Sunday before the week opens, and every time the book offers you something the rules do not approve of.
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