In Today’s Masters in Trading: Live I had been a professional trader for nearly 15 years before I ever fell into trading options seriously. But after I sold my stake in a successful trading firm, a close friend clued me in to just how powerful options trading could be. And it changed everything for me. That friend was a market maker at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE). He gave me a behind-the-scenes look at his operations — along with his trading statements — and I was blown away. As a market maker, he was handling massive volumes of trades and open interest for some of the biggest players in the options market. And he was collecting thousands in a given week just making markets. Despite all my experience, I realized then that I’d been missing something. In many ways, I felt like I was relearning how to be a trader. What drew me to options — and what keeps me coming back even after all these years — is their incredible flexibility. Unlike stocks, options allow you to express a range of opinions about a stock’s future. Will it rise? Fall? Stay flat? With options, you can craft strategies to profit no matter the scenario. And one singular strategy my friend showed me tipped the scales and led me to what I do today… When it comes to trading options, vertical spreads are one of the most reliable setups we can use to profit from our opinion on any given stock. Simply put, vertical spreads are positions that require us to buy and sell options of the same type and expiration date at different strike prices. When we say “vertical,” we’re referring to the position of the strike prices – essentially, one position offsets the other. So instead of taking on unlimited uncertainty with single-leg options, verticals introduce structure, clarity, and discipline — all of which are critical for long-term survival and consistency. We've leveraged vertical spreads at Masters in Trading to collect doubles and triples on names like C3.ai, RUN, and many more over the last year. Today, I want to give you the tools to spot even more opportunities just like them. So join me for today's episode of Masters in Trading LIVE at 11 AM EST, where I’m diving deep into how using vertical spreads can maximize your earnings potential. I’ll show you how vertical spreads can help us to: Define risk upfront by capping our maximum loss on a position Reduce complex options chains into clear, manageable trade structures Adjust and roll positions while keeping risk contained More efficiently use our capital by selling premium against long options Understand how vertical spreads can shift traders from speculation to disciplined risk management P.S. Are you interested in taking the next step toward options mastery? The Masters in Trading Options Challenge is right here to help you in your journey. The Challenge is where we take everything you’ve learned in my daily LIVEs — fixed risk, thesis-driven exits, laddered entries, defined-duration trades, and emotional discipline — and put it into practice in a structured, step-by-step environment. For two weeks, we walk through the foundations of real options trading the way I learned them on the trading floor. You’ll learn exactly how I think, exactly how I build trades, and exactly how I manage both the winners and the losers. Just click here to check out what the Masters in Trading Options Challenge has in store for you. 
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