I've had 14 consecutive green months trading defined-risk options strategies, and not one of them involved predicting where the market would go.

I'm Nathaniel. I spent six years as a runner and then a clerk on the CBOE floor in Chicago before I ever placed a trade with my own money, and what I watched there shaped everything I teach now — market makers weren't trying to guess direction, they were managing risk on thousands of positions at once and letting probability do the work. When I finally started trading my own account, I ignored all of that for the first year and traded like a retail gambler anyway: oversized positions on earnings plays, no defined exit, chasing green candles on momentum stocks. I blew up a $22,000 account in four months doing exactly that. I took eight months off, rebuilt my process around position sizing and defined-risk structures instead of directional bets, and came back with a rule I still follow today — no position risks more than 2% of account equity, full stop. That single rule is the difference between the account that blew up and the 14 consecutive green months I've had since moving to prop trading full time.

The trading education space is full of people selling certainty — a "signal service," a chart pattern with a 90% win rate, an indicator that "predicts" reversals. None of that holds up over a large enough sample size, and I watched plenty of sharp people on the floor get run over by markets that don't care about your thesis. What actually separates traders who last from traders who blow up isn't picking direction better, it's three unglamorous things: position sizing tied to account risk, a defined exit before you enter, and enough trade history logged to know if your edge is real or you just got lucky on a small sample. Almost nobody teaches those three things because they're boring compared to a hot pick.

What we cover inside:

Position sizing as the foundation. Before we talk about any strategy, members learn to size every position against account risk percentage, not dollar amount or gut feel. I hand over the exact framework I use so a string of losses — which will happen, to everyone — never threatens the account itself.

Defined-risk options structures. I teach vertical spreads, iron condors, and calendar spreads as the core toolkit, because each one caps your maximum loss at entry. Members learn when each structure fits current volatility conditions, using IV rank instead of a guess, and how to choose strikes that match a specific risk-to-reward target, not just "what feels right."

A trading plan you follow under pressure. Most blown accounts don't come from a bad strategy, they come from abandoning a good one mid-trade. I walk members through building a written plan — entry criteria, profit target, and stop-loss — before the trade goes on, and how to actually follow it when the position moves against you and every instinct says to hold on "just a little longer."

Reviewing trades like data, not stories. Members log every trade in a structured journal and we review it against the original plan, not the outcome. A losing trade executed on-plan is a good trade. A winning trade executed off-plan is still a mistake that will eventually cost you. This distinction is what turns trading from gambling into a repeatable process.

Every Tuesday morning, before the opening bell, I run a live Pre-Market Breakdown covering the setups I'm actually watching that day, using real position sizing on screen — not hypothetical trades. Fridays are Trade Review Sessions, where members post their actual trades from the week, wins and losses both, and the group dissects the decision-making, not just the outcome. Between sessions, the community shares real-time trade ideas and holds each other accountable to the 2% rule in a dedicated risk-check thread.

This is built for people willing to trade smaller and slower in exchange for staying in the game — if you can commit to defined-risk positions and logging every trade honestly, even the losses, you'll build a real edge here over time. It's not a fit for anyone chasing a signal service or looking for a shortcut to quick gains; if you're not willing to cap your risk before you know if a trade wins, this process will frustrate you. Members who stick to the position sizing rule and show up to Friday reviews typically see the volatility of their returns drop noticeably within two to three months, even before their win rate improves. The ones who keep sizing trades on conviction instead of the framework tend to repeat the same blowups I had in year one.

✅ My position sizing and risk management framework
✅ Weekly pre-market live trading breakdown
✅ Friday trade review sessions on real member trades, wins and losses
✅ Direct feedback on your trading plan before you enter a position

If you want a process instead of a prediction, join the group.