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About Options Trading & Mentoring (OTM)

"Educated options traders become successful options traders."


Mission Statement

Develop a disciplined and cutting edge trader that with our mentorship and education can continue to stay one step ahead of the marketplace. We look forward to helping our students learn about all aspects of trading and best practices for investment strategies. The resultant trader will have learned to manage an option portfolio that will generate the kind of return they are looking for.

About Us


Mentoring Programs

We have back tested trading strategies for both commodity and equity markets over decades of data. We have found what strategies work best under certain market conditions and the strategies that with the correct adjustment rules can weather any market condition. With sustainable trading strategies in place, we have enjoyed teaching others these valuable skills. The student’s interaction and recognition of the value of these lessons has encouraged us more than our own self-motivation to further develop and enhance the trading strategies. Our long term goal is to develop a disciplined and cutting edge trading community of around 300 mentoring students. Once our goal is achieved, we will then function only as a community of traders.

The knowledge sharing and enhanced strategic trading power of this community will sustain us on a successful market vector. The trading programs found at Pit Savvy along with your diligence and discipline can open the markets for you and our community.

All our programs have Audio/Video Training lessons with printable handbooks and word homework lessons. Each video also contains popup questions that are emailed to your mentor, so your progress is continuously being monitored. Your personal mentor will review each lesson and it’s homework with you at your pace. Each session with your personal mentor will involve WebEx (computer to computer sharing) and phone conversations for a minimum of one hour or until the mentor feels you fully understand the material for each lesson.

Unlimited emails and shorter unscheduled conversation can take place with your mentor. We are very flexible and can work around your schedule. If you would prefer to meet on Saturdays or evenings, we are open to non business hours as well.

The program contains recorded lesson and developed strategy documentation, lesson plans and corresponding exams for each lesson. He has found educating individuals on basic and advanced option trading strategies enjoyable and looks forward to seeing the resultant trader generate the kind of returns they are looking for.

Life at OTM & Pit Savvy

Daily routines are check positions and account statements by 7:30 a.m. If there is a news event, have this task completed by 7:00 a.m. The trading platforms are up and running by 7:00 a.m. Look over any breaking news and the trading plan that was written last night.

I generally like to day trade the opening for a few markets. Once the market seems to slow down, my alerts and alarms are set. I generally respond to the markets during their first hour of the day and then only as necessary.

Hopefully, by 10:30 CST our trading strategies are in place and we await any alarms from our computers that require our attention. During this time and until the markets close I hope to talk to mentoring students. I stood in a pit with over 200 people every day. Now I’m staring at a lifeless screen and I’m missing the camaraderie and interaction the pit once provided.

After the market has closed, settle out all positions and prepare daily settlements for tomorrow morning. Finish the day by studying the price charts, volatility charts and set any alarms for overnight markets. I then prepare a trading plan for tomorrow.