Ali Pashaei Group Mentoring

Ali Pashaei is a seasoned options trader. Group mentoring sessions are taught by Ali. In his mentoring, Ali covers a lot of topics for options traders.

• There is no overlap between this mentoring program and Ali’s SPY Weekly Strategy course. Two different contents.
• The program is not just about learning new option strategies, but it also teaches tools, techniques, market timing, and options mastery skills to help you succeed in any market condition.
• Unless you have personally done deep-dive mentoring sessions with Ali or Charles Cottle, some of the tools and techniques will probably be nothing like what you have seen elsewhere. NOTE: Ali’s trading approach is very different from Charles, but you’ll see that Ali’s thinking process and obsession with trade efficiency is highly influenced by Charles Cottle’s teaching.
• As you go deeper into the program, you will see how both Charles and Ali think & trade very differently from most option traders and educators.
• The program is not for beginners or those with less than 1 year of options trading experience.
• Each month has a main theme and the following months, even though somewhat independent, build on the knowledge from prior months.
• In addition to the main theme of the month, additional tools, techniques, and insights are also taught each month.
• A couple of paper accounts were setup to provide near-real time trades via email notification to demonstrate the strategies, tools, and techniques. This is not meant to be a trade recommendation service. It was not designed for that. Each month, Ali focuses mostly on paper trades that demonstrate what is taught for that month. The purpose of the paper accounts is to show examples and document Ali’s thinking process to enhance the learning experience.
• Private forums are provided for discussion for current subscribers. One of them documents each paper trade. There are other forums dedicated to other topics include student trades, that are submitted for analysis and feedback.
• Ali provides two sessions per month that go for about 1:30. Charles also does the same for total of four sessions per month. You have the choice of having both or one of them, as a mentor. Some months may include a bonus session. For example, during Month 3, Ali did a bonus Q&A session.
• The sessions are only one part of the program. You’ll have access to Charles and Ali via email, which as mentioned above are a huge part of the program that allow for on-going education throughout each month.

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Month 1 – May 2018

The first month focused on mean-reversion system and a specific credit spread strategy. Ali explained how to buy dips in a bull market and sell rallies in bear markets using specific indicators and why the long-term trend is important. The steps Ali follows for finding, trading, and exiting credit spreads were outlined in specific guidelines. Credit spread systems that can cause a large loss are not traded by Ali. Most of his credit spreads have a 1-to-1 or at most 1-to-2 reward to risk ratio. Ali showed examples of how he does this. Credit spreads are a building block of other types of trades such as condors, butterflies, BWBs, and other exotic wing-spreads. This month is a foundation for future months and can be used as a system to run a successful credit spread business.

Month 2 – June 2018

The second month focused on trend following and debit spreads. Ali went deeper into certain areas. Most option traders don’t fully understand all the angles and techniques around vertical spreads, even if they have been trading options and advanced strategies for a long time. The building blocks of wingspreads are vertical. For Month 3, Ali went deeper into vertical pricing. Ali shared a template for creating your own custom trading plan and discussed how to structure your trading approach. Ali shared a technique of combining mean-reversion and trend following to increase probability of success. If you favor sideways strategies, you won’t get in the way of a strong trend.

Wingspreads is the family of trades that include butterflies, condors, BWBs, and other exotic balanced and unbalanced configurations. From the last two months, Ali covered his indicators and additional technical trading techniques. Mean reversion setup and credit spreads were the first month, followed by trend following setup and debit spreads. A good part of the knowledge from prior months is used during this month.

Ali covered something. The trade pattern is called Sphinx. . Ali calls it a Trade Pattern, because it is a specific trade configuration that changes depending on the market condition. Ali uses Sphinx to trade the indexes. Ali trades on the stock market. This trade works in the market. There are many ways to go into the final configuration, which are demonstrated via trade examples during the month. If a better calendar trade is available, it can be done using calendar spreads instead of wingspreads for the bullish variation.

A bonus Q&A session was included in month 3.

Month 4 – August 2018

The fourth month was all about calendars and diagonals. Diagonals can be divided into calendars. One can use knowledge from month 1 and 2 to create better diagonals. Ali noticed that most option traders don’t fully understand how to set up calendars correctly. Ali talked about how he likes to set them up for maximum efficiency and potency. He calls it a specific type of calendar spread. There are Lean Calendars. Many option trades were frustrated with lack of volatility and the relentless upward movement, which was my best trade last year. Ali dug deeper into understanding the proper configuration of calendar and diagonals.

Month 5 – September 2018

In month 5, it was about long-term trading and investing. An investment approach with options may involve long-term option positions or it may involve short-term options being traded around a core long term position. Ali went into a method for establishing a long-term position in an underlying using stock or a specific option structure and then hedging it using shorter term options to take advantage of short-term swings while maintaining a long-term core position. Since those trades used this strategy and vertical lessons were not repeated during this month, a solid foundation in debit and credit spreads established in months 1 and 2 would be a great help for this strategy. You might have heard of a strategy. The collar is dynamic. The investor gets into a collar and moves the long puts and short calls around to hedge as well as take money out of the trade over time. The strategy has weaknesses such as requiring a highly volatile stock as well as requiring stock purchase, which could be quite expensive for high priced stocks. The dynamic hedging strategy teaches traders how to trade vertical spreads instead of naked long/ short options. How to use options instead of stock is one of the topics covered. How to make hedges that are less expensive than buying puts. Premium can be sold to help pay for the hedge. How to trade high and low volatility stocks.

Month 6 – October 2018

In month 6 there is trade management, adjusting and hedging. A great option trader has proper trade management. Managing a position is more than just adjusting. Taking profit at 25% and exiting at 20% loss are both forms of trade management. The lessons should be applicable to all option traders.

• Should you adjust or just exit?
• What is the best adjustment for what the market is currently doing?
• How do you create a trading plan that has logical management moves?

We dive deeper into the principals that would allow a trader to do their job during this month.

1. Create the best possible plan for their trades
2. Make the best decisions possible that makes sense at that time

Is it better to keep a trade simple or to continuously adjust it? What works best for that trade depends on your style. In this month’s lessons, you will learn how to decide which approach is best for you and your trades. This month is unique. The material that was taught this month has not been covered by anyone. Due to market correction and increase in volatility, majority of members voted to switch topics for the second class of the month to How to trade in volatile markets. The second class went into general guidelines for volatile markets, various technical setups, trades that can be considered, how to manage them, and a trading strategy. The pioneer. How to apply it as a hedge for existing trades.

Month 7 – November 2018

The first class was about trading butterflies. Ali likes to use a butterfly pricing approach. He talked about the steps and guidelines he uses for trading butterflies. In this volatile market, Ali did a butterfly trade example that made 18% in 13 days. This was done with very little effort and very small drawdown, keeping the delta relatively flat throughout the trade. A second trade with the same setup resulted in a 25% return in about a week. This trade might interest you if you prefer trading with relatively flat deltas. Class 2 was the second part of trade management. In October, Ali looked at part 2. Ali did a quick review of part 1 and then described the management process he uses and variety of techniques and practices for managing trades.

Month 8 – December 2018

Trade Management Part 3 was the first class. Managing complex structures such as butterflies, condors, double diagonals, etc. becomes a lot easier if you can learn to manage vertical spread and naked options. A key component of many trades is the broken down of complex structures into smaller parts. Ali covered how to break down complex wing spreads into sub components and isolated the higher risk vertical from the lower risk stable wingspreads. Ali went into a lot of management techniques for dealing with long and short vertical spread and naked options in this class. There are many examples and scenarios of how they can be managed. Ali is starting a discussion. Individual trades and portfolio hedging can be done. . Active hedging in a volatile market is demonstrated by great trade in the forum. The core strategy for these two trades was taught in the 5th month. Technical Trading & Trade Management was part of Class 2. Technical trading tools and techniques were covered by Ali. Ali shared two of his favorite methods to help with trade entry, management, and exit.

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