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Dear Student,
As you know, I’ve been teaching newbies how to trade options for more than 30 years now. And one of the first lessons that I teach is this: You’re probably trading backwards.
Here’s what I mean…
New traders tend to look only look at trades one way: What do I stand to gain?
But the first consideration should always be: what do I stand to lose?
And if you have your capital tied up in pricey stocks, you stand to lose quite a bit…
Because right now, the stock market is currently in its biggest bubble since 1929, with prices significantly exceeding a 100-year inflation-adjusted trend line.
Stock and option prices are more expensive than ever, making it increasingly difficult for traders to find favorable entry points.
But they don’t have to be…
So today, I want to show you how I’m cutting my risk down to just $500 for every move I make to keep my money safe (and growing) in 2025 – and beyond.
How Money Calendar Cuts Risk
The first step I take to minimize my risk is to use the Money Calendar.
Now, if you’re not familiar with the Money Calendar, here’s the short version: It’s my proprietary pattern-tracking software that uses 10 years of price data to find invisible patterns in the market’s best stocks.
I’m looking for stocks that have made a profitable move over the same timeframe (usually 35 days or less) for at least 9 of the last 10 years.
This alone dramatically lowers my risk – because I’m not holding expensive shares through periods of consolidation and correction.
Think about this…
A JPMorgan study showed that the majority of a stock’s gains are made in about 30 days every year.
The stock market is open 225 days a year. So that means 87% of the time you own a stock, it’s either trading sideways or going lower.
Both cost you money.
So instead, I use my Money Calendar to find stocks that have a 90% chance of going up based on their historical pattern.
I’m in and out in about 35 days. Win or lose, my money is working efficiently, targeting only those days when the Money Calendar predicts a stock will make a profitable move.
But to profit in this current market environment, I’m not going to buy expensive shares of stocks, like Meta Platforms (META).
Right now, just one single share of META would cost you around $687. And if you wanted to buy 100 shares? Well, you’re looking at a $68,700 price tag.
That’s way too much risk for most investors.!
So let me show you how I cut it down from $68,700 to just $500.
Options Offer More Than Just Great Gains
As I said, most traders have it backwards. And I understand why…
Options offer exceptional gains potential…
My Money Calendar has delivered some great option wins on the market’s top stocks over the years, including 219% in just 10 days on Google… 270% in three weeks on Amazon… and 384% on AMD in just three weeks.
But the reason I use options is because it’s a more efficient way to deploy my capital for the next 30 days – and they lower my risk dramatically.
Instead of risking $68,700 on shares on META right now, I can buy a call option instead that expires in 35 days for about $2,726.
But this is still too much risk. Even though my trades are backed by the Money Calendar’s 90% patterns, I’m still not willing to risk that much cash on one trade.
That’s where the “Loophole Trade” comes in…
Let This Market “Loophole” Pay for Your Trades
The “Loophole Trade” (known as a vertical debit spread) is an options trading strategy that’s perfect for helping you cut your cost (and risk) while boosting your profits.
Because it lets you take a position in these expensive stocks for just $500.
The “Loophole Trade” involves buying-to-open a lower-strike call option while selling-to-open a higher-strike call option simultaneously on the same order ticket.
The premium received from selling the second option offsets the cost of the first, allowing you to get in the trade for a lower price – meaning bigger profits and less risk.
Go back to META stock. Remember, the call option would cost you around $2,726.
But if you sell an option at a higher strike price at the same time. For the August 16 expiration, we would sell an option that would credit us $2,495.
Bringing the total cost (and risk) of our META trade to just $231 per contract.
And if all goes to plan, the call option that we bought will increase in value heading into expiration, while the call option that we sold will decrease. Once the value of the spread hits $462, that’s 100% gains and we’re out of the trade.
Let me show you another winning trade…
How We Made 100% on DD in Just 15 Days
My Money Calendar targets the most lucrative patterns to trade on the best stocks in the market…
And when we see a pattern like the one I’m about to show you, we’re going to trade it – no matter the sector or industry.
Let’s take a minute and go back to the Final Phase of the AI Boom that I warned you about last year…
Remember, I told you that we’d see a massive buying frenzy in AI stocks before the whole thing came crashing down – just like the Y2K Internet bubble… the 2008 housing bubble… and even the South Sea company back in the 1720’s.
And on May 13, 2024, the Money Calendar found SEVEN patterns that had repeated 100% over the last 10 years.
But the best of the bunch was on DuPont de Nemours Inc. (DD) – a pattern that had a 100% streak going back 10.
This kind of setup was a no-brainer for us. A 100% bullish pattern in what Money Calendar predicted would be a bullish month overall for stocks.
To double our money in just over two weeks – and to keep our risk below $500 per contract – we used a Loophole Trade.
Here’s why I love the Loophole Trade for this pattern…
The day I recommended this trade, DD stock opened at $78.98.
To hit 100% on our options trade, we only needed a 3.5% move in the underlying – to $81.70.
Meanwhile, the average move of the pattern over the last decade was $4.56.
So even just an average move, according to Money Calendar, would push DD’s price to $83.54 – more than enough to deliver our double.
Even better, thanks to the Loophole Trade, our risk was just $175 per contract.
Here’s what we did…
We bought the DD June 7, 2024, $78 calls, and on the same order ticket, we sold the DD June 7, 2024, $83 Call for a limit of $2.00.
We got filled at $1.75 – and two weeks later, the value of our spread jumped to $3.50, handing us 100% gains.
But now, a new pattern has started in the oil and energy industry that lasts until July. And if you know how to trade it – you could be looking at triple-digit profits before it ends.
In fact, a select group of my readers have already used the strategy I’m about to show you to bank $4,339 in profits since January 1 – in every corner of the market, like:
285% on TPR…
106% on META…
100% on STLD…
And those are just a few of our big winners.
In fact, we’ve got two more trades in our open portfolio that are trending in our favor, already showing 100% and 64% gains.
And with only one small loss, we’ve got an 87.5% win-rate… DESPITE the market chaos.
That’s why I’ve put together a special presentation with all the details, where I’ll:
- Review our biggest wins and key takeaways
- Analyze the three active trades trending in our direction
- Look ahead at the next major opportunities
Plus, I’ll reveal how you can trade the most accurate stock signals on the planet – every single day – for the rest of 2025.
Have a great weekend!
Tom Gentile
America’s Pattern Trader
