A structured, jargon-free email course that takes you from "what is an option?" to placing your first trade — one focused lesson per day, for 8 days. No experience, no credit card, no fluff.
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Each lesson is short, focused, and immediately useful. No encyclopedic theory — just what you need to understand and apply the Options Wheel.
Why 90% of traders lose — and why it's a knowledge problem, not a market problem. The two common approaches, and why options selling sits in a different category entirely.
Calls and puts in plain English. The insurance analogy that finally makes it click — and why the goal is to be the insurance company, not the person paying premiums.
Strike price, expiration, premium, assignment, OTM — defined clearly, once. Enough to understand any options conversation without getting lost in jargon.
The full cycle: sell a cash-secured put → get assigned → sell covered calls → repeat. Why this structure beats emotional, unplanned trading every time.
How to collect "synthetic dividends" with less directional exposure. The two outcomes — expiry and assignment — and the one mistake beginners make most often.
Two use cases: lowering your cost basis after assignment, and collecting rent on stocks you want to hold long-term. The landlord analogy, and when assignment is actually good news.
Why 30–45 DTE is the sweet spot for theta decay — and why "more trades = more money" is a trap. Timeframe as a personality decision, not a performance variable.
Full recap of the Wheel. The "knowing vs doing" gap — why knowledge alone isn't enough — and how Ctrl-Trade is built to close it. Early access details inside.
If you've heard the word "options" and thought "that sounds complicated" — this course is for you.
Software Developer & Options Trader
I'm a software developer with 15+ years of experience — not a Wall Street trader. I discovered options selling the same way most of you will: by reading too many books, making some early mistakes, and eventually finding an approach that actually made sense.
The concept that hooked me was simple: as an option seller, you naturally have a statistical edge. That changed how I invest. I built Ctrl-Trade because spreadsheets weren't cutting it — and I designed this course because the foundational education most beginners get is either overwhelming, misleading, or missing entirely.
This course is exactly what I wish existed when I started.
None at all. This course starts from absolute zero. Email 2 explains what an option is — we assume you've never heard the word before. If you can read a brokerage account balance, you're qualified to take this course.
Completely free. Eight emails, no upsell buried mid-course. The last email honestly introduces Ctrl-Trade — that's clearly labelled, and you're under no obligation to do anything with it.
You sign up with your name and email, and we send you one email per day for eight days. Each one is short, focused on a single concept, and designed to be read in around five minutes. No homework, no quizzes, no live sessions to attend.
Not to learn. You can absorb all the concepts and strategy before placing a single trade. When you're ready to apply what you've learned, you'll need a broker that supports options trading — most major brokers do, including IBKR, Tastytrade, Schwab, and Robinhood.
Selling. Specifically the Options Wheel — a systematic strategy built around selling cash-secured puts and covered calls. We explain why sellers have a statistical edge over buyers, and why that makes selling more suitable for consistent, long-term income.
Options can be risky — particularly if you're buying them speculatively with leverage. The approach we teach uses cash-secured positions: every trade is fully collateralised, risk is defined and known upfront, and no margin is required. It's one of the more conservative ways to use options.
A cyclical strategy that alternates between two positions. You start by selling a cash-secured put to collect premium. If the stock stays above your strike, you pocket the premium and repeat. If you get assigned the shares, you switch to selling covered calls — collecting more premium while you wait for the price to recover. Email 4 walks through the full cycle step by step.
Francesco, the creator of Ctrl-Trade. A software developer who discovered options selling, built his own trading tool to manage it properly, and shares the approach that changed how he invests. Not a Wall Street veteran — a fellow learner who found a statistical edge and built a system around it.
Eight emails. Eight concepts. Everything you need to understand options selling and run your first Wheel trade with confidence.
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