Curriculum
DUE DILIGENCE
Thorough and investigative due diligence is the foundation of profitable investing. This foundation is laid in Level 1. Areas covered include Fundamental, Technical, and Sentiment Analysis. We will show how to use tools to help evaluate the financial health of a company. Students will learn how growth rates, valuation ratios, and management performance can affect the price of the underlying equity. They will be taught the OptionsANIMAL approach to reading charts, and the important indicators we incorporate to accurately identify entry and exit points as well as levels of support and resistance. Level 1 concludes with a focused study on how unemployment reports, interest rates and overall market sentiment affect the equities we trade.
OPTIONS INSTRUMENTS
Level 2 offers five classes plus a review session that will establish basic, intermediate, and even advanced concepts for put and call options. Knowing how options move in contrast to the stock price or how they move due to increases or decreases in market volatility is essential in maximizing the use of options. Upon completion of this level students will have an understanding of stock market basics as well as the rights and obligations associated with the Options Instruments.
BASIC SPREADS – INTRO TO ADJUSTMENTS
Students are introduced to the application of Options Strategies in Level 3. Divided into five classes plus a review session, students learn how to properly structure a trade using the Protective Put, Covered Call, and Collar Trade and how to apply the Straddle Strangle. Coaches will use real-time data, charts, options chains, etc, to show how these options strategies come together and are properly applied. Students will also learn how to control the emotions of fear and greed by getting a firm grasp on the setting of Primary and Secondary Exit Points.
CALL SPREADS AND ADJUSTMENTS
In Level 4 students learn the specific use of Call Spread Trades in four classes and a review session. Upon completion students will have command over the appropriate application of the Bull Call, Bear Call, and Call Calendar Spread Trades. As with every level, stu- dents learn both the strategy of the trades taught and the practical theory and application of placing the trades. Students also learn how to set appropriate primary and secondary exit points and are introduced to how to adjust investment strategies.
PUT SPREADS AND ADJUSTMENTS
Students will master the use of Put Spread Trades in Level 5. Four classes plus a review session ensure students will have a thorough understanding of the strategic use of Put Spreads. The practical application of Put Spreads including the Bull Put, Bear Put and Put Calendar is introduced in Level 5.
PRACTICAL APPLICATION
Level 6 is dedicated toward the practical application of the strategies taught in Levels 1-5. An investor is successful not only by knowing terms and definitions, but also being able to apply trades in the real world. An in-depth Technical Analysis workshop helps our students better time their entries and exits and intuitively forecast changes in trends and swings.
TRADE ADJUSTMENTS
Central to the OptionsANIMAL trading methodology is the ability to adjust trades. For those trades that move contrary to our research or technical indications, the Trade Adjustment concept taught in Level 7 provides students the advanced training and application to enable them to turn losing trades into winners. Six classes are dedicated to trade adjustments and our unique Trade Adjustment Flow Charts will empower students to enter every trade with confidence and knowledge of how to react properly to any market condition or situation.
ADVANCED TRADE STRATEGIES/ADJUSTMENTS
In Level 8 students are now prepared to take on Advanced Strategies which can provide even greater investment returns. Students will acquire a firm grasp on the Options Instruments and an understanding of reliable trading methods to assist in the practical application of options in all market conditions. Divided into eight individual classes, Level 8 provides an almost unlimited array of creative strategies for the use of options outside of standard trade application.