My trading skills took years to build up.
While I started to improve at first, it took me going to several options trading courses and working on my strategy relentlessly to build and solidify my trading skills.
And over the years, I've had the privilege of getting to know all sorts of people inside the stock trading world. From seasoned traders making 7-figures a year to investors using options trading to create passive income...
As I spent more time around them, I realized something that separated them from the average novice trader...
Nope, it wasn't an elaborate trading platform.
It wasn't insider secrets either.
It wasn't being mentored by a professional trader either.
All these trading pros had a system approaching their trading!
Sure, their system would differ from individual to individual. Some of them would start off by reviewing technical setups first. Other would swear by starting with picking companies and individual stocks.
But no matter what option trading style they used, no matter how much money they had made... they approached every trade systematically, just like baking a cake.
Their recipes were different, but they had principles and similarities throughout their process.
They weren't focused on cramming in as many option trades as possible.
In fact, they seemed to rely on just one or two sounds setups and traded when their parameters were met.
However, they also had an arsenal of tricks that they constantly relied on.
If they needed to adjust their risk, there were just a couple tactics they’d use.
If they needed their trade to profit from the market dropping, it was just a few simple tweaks and they had it covered.
And through these top traders at work, I started to realize something: