▶ Watch the interviewJohn Chong · IT professional, Singapore
“Full-time job. Part-time trader. Real income.”
John wanted income from the markets while keeping his job. Nothing worked until he joined OptionPundit.
US$80,000 in 6 months.
I want to trade properly
Trade with a CLEAR plan,
in about two hours a week.
Every trader who lasts follows the same five steps. Learn them on this page, and see which ones you’re skipping.
Since 2006 · 10,000+ traders · 18+ countries
The CLEAR plan
C
Check the conditionsWhat kind of market is this?
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Locate the opportunityWhere are the setups that fit your time?
E
Enter the right tradeMatch the trade to the market.
A
Allocate your riskHow much, and where you get out.
R
Review and improveGet better every single week.
Sound familiar?
You’re not short of information. You’re short of a plan.
You bought a course, watched half of it, and life got in the way.
You’ve placed real trades, but you couldn’t write down your rules if someone asked.
You finally have the time to learn this properly, and you want to do it right, not fast.
You work with numbers every day, yet options still feel like someone else’s language.
What staying put costs
Every month you spend “looking into options”, your savings sit still. At 3% inflation, cash loses about a quarter of its buying power in ten years.
And if you’re already trading, every trade without a plan is a lesson you pay for with real money.
Ten years from now, you’ll either have a skill that pays you, or the same savings, worth less.
Why it hasn’t clicked yet
Information was never the problem. Order is.
Knowing a strategy doesn’t tell you when to use it, how much to put in, or when to sit out. Traders who last answer five questions, in the same order, before every trade.
The CLEAR plan
Five steps every lasting trader follows.
Each step comes with one thing you can use today, and one question to ask yourself. Tick the ones you already do.
C
Check the conditions
Before any trade, name the market: rising, falling, stuck, or wild. The same trade that pays in a calm, rising market can hurt in a falling, nervous one. And when fear rises, option prices rise with it, which changes which trades make sense.
Do you name the market before you choose a trade?
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Locate the opportunity
An opportunity is a setup that fits your time: minutes, days to weeks, or months. Scanning without a time frame is how people end up holding trades they can’t look after.
Do you know which time frame you trade, and scan only for that?
E
Enter the right trade
Every kind of market has a trade that fits it. Most people only know how to bet on “up”. In a sideways market you can get paid while nothing happens, and in a falling one you can profit or protect yourself.
Can you name a trade for a market that goes nowhere?
A
Allocate your risk
Decide how much goes into each trade, and where you’ll get out, before you enter. The maths is simple and brutal: risk 1% of your account per trade and ten losses in a row cost you about 10%. Risk 10% per trade and the same losing streak takes about two-thirds of your account.
Do you know your exit and your amount before you click buy?
R
Review and improve
Professionals keep a journal. Most of us keep hope. A weekly review shows which trades earn you money and which ones to stop taking. The fastest improvement comes from someone else seeing what you can’t.
Do you review your trades every week, with anyone?
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Your CLEAR score. Tick the steps you already follow to see where you stand.
Your trading plan is simply your CLEAR answers, written down. Following it is the hard part, which is why nobody should do this alone.
Why you can’t learn this from videos alone
You can read the five steps in ten minutes. Doing them every week takes a coach and a room.
Following your plan under pressure, with your own money, takes practice, feedback and people around you.
A coach who checks your work
Every week Manoj reviews real trades live, answers your questions, and shows you what he’s seeing.
A room that keeps you going
Your cohort, trading buddies in small groups, and a Discord community open 24/7. Someone always notices when you drift.
Keep sharpening the saw
Markets change, and so do the best traders. Case studies, live-market sessions, and after your course the Trading Floor, so you never stop getting better.
Live classes, trading nights and events since 2006
“We are only as good as the people we surround ourselves with. Surround yourself with people who are better than you, so you can level up.”Rita Yeo, Inner Circle member
Before and after, in our students’ words
What changes when you trade with a plan.
Before
After
“I watched videos and hoped.”
“I follow the same five steps every week.”
“I traded when I felt like it.”
“I know why every trade is on.”
“I never knew how much to risk.”
“I set my amount and my exit before I enter.”
“I was learning alone.”
“I have a coach and a room to review with.”
People who built the skill
They started where you are.
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▶ Watch the interviewLui CS · Featured in Option Market Wizards
Found his consistency.
Lui was already trading before OptionPundit. What changed was consistency.
US$1 million+ in profits. Now targets about US$5,000 a week.
Pradnya Dicholkar Kadam · Options Success Formula
“Having attended 2 or 3 other courses, I was completely confused… OSF has exceeded all my expectations.”
Today, in her words: “This learning has helped me generate good steady income.”
Yee Er Chang · Options Success Formula
“Since finding myself back with [OSF] recently, my account from red is turning green for the first time after many years.”
Individual experiences. Not typical, and not a guarantee of future results. More student stories →
Your path
Start free. Then learn all five steps with a coach.
Step 1 · Free masterclass
Options Trading Made Easy
The 3 strategies to start a new income stream, even if you’re starting from scratch.
Step 2 · Build the skill
Options Success Formula
Learn all five CLEAR steps in a live 8-week cohort with Manoj.
- About two hours a week: live coaching plus on-demand lessons
- 12 months’ access to every lesson
- A trade-idea scanner, trade journal and review rubric
- A 24/7 Discord community and trading buddies
- 20 seats per cohort · certificate of completion
The Trading Plan PromiseYou trade on paper until you’re ready. Your first real trade is small and sized to your own rules. Every session is recorded, so you never fall behind.
See fees and the next start date →
Not ready for a full cohort? Start with the Options Foundation Program. Your fee is credited if you move up to OSF within 60 days.
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The Inner Circle
Courses teach you the equation. The Inner Circle is your personal coach for living it.
One-to-one coaching, live trading nights, a room of serious traders, and every program included. By application.
Meet your coach
Manoj Kumar
MBA, B.Tech, CTA · Founder of OptionPundit
Manoj grew up with nothing but passion, hope and a dream, and watched inflation eat his savings while he traded time for money. When he cracked how to grow money through the markets, he built OptionPundit in 2006 to teach it.
Since then: 10,000+ traders in 18+ countries, 800+ articles, and nine proprietary trading models.
This is for you if…
You work full time and want a skill that fits around it.
You have more time now and want to learn it properly.
You work in finance and want real fluency with options.
You’ve traded before and want to rebuild on solid ground.
A better path for you: Brand new to options? Start here · Losing money and want it to stop? Fix my trading · Want income from your capital? Second income
Questions
Before you start.
I work long hours. Will I keep up?
It takes about two hours a week, and every session is recorded.
I’m over 55. Is it too late?
No. What matters is a clear process and a coach, and you’ll have both.
I’ve started courses before and never finished.
Here you have a live cohort, a coach and trading buddies expecting you each week. That’s what gets people to the end.
Will this help my work in finance?
You’ll leave with practical options fluency and a certificate in your name.
How much money do I need to start?
None at first. You practise on paper, then start small, sized to your own rules.
Your next step
Two versions of next year.
In one, you’re still “looking into options”. In the other, you follow a CLEAR plan every week, with a coach and a room behind you.
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