10. Operating the Business: Putting Together TOMIC 1.0 from A to Z

Is there a secret sauce for making a successful option trading business? There is. One of the best books on learning to be a salesman is You Can’t Teach a Kid to Ride a Bike at a Seminar, by David Sandler. As the title of his book conveys, you probably will not learn everything that you need if you don’t trade. You will need to trade many times until you learn how to be consistent and make money.

In this chapter you’ll find guidelines for operating TOMIC. To succeed at TOMIC, it takes commitment, dedication, and practice. So far, you have reviewed the ingredients. You have examined the most used trades: vertical spreads, calendar spreads, iron condors, butterflies, and ratio spreads. ...

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