Sheridan Options Mentoring Student Testimonials

I started the program in September of 2006 having done some, but not a lot of, option trading before. Like many I found my newly acquired skills enabled me to make money rather quickly. The key for me about the mentoring program began at this point: I really only had enough knowledge to be dangerous to myself. Dan's consistent message that learning to trade options was a craft that required a lot of work has been borne out over the last number of months. I made a number of mistakes in the months that followed but the ongoing program--not just the initial formal training--but the paper traders, the forums, and the website enabled me to identify my mistakes and begin to become a craftsman. Today, almost 2.5 years after I began the program, I am consistently making money, regardless of market conditions. I am, however, still a long way from becoming an options craftsman but know that the ongoing support of Dan and the team will provide me with the tools to continue to hone my craft. This program has far, far exceeded my expectations.

Dan's enthusiasm and knowledge base for options trading makes it easy for a student to stay focused and learn this complicated subject. His mastery of the greeks is phenomenal. And his ability to explain potential trades and existing positions in terms of the greeks is a skill I could never learned on my own.

I can not imagine a more dedicate trading mentor. Dan lives and breaths options. He is completely committed to the success of his students.
Without his help and lessons I would not be a profitable option trader in a time span of less than 6 months (for me a full time commitment to learn as much as possible).

I just want to say that Dan is a great individual who cares about educating his students and our success as traders in the market place. More importantly he takes a genuine interest in our learning the craft and not just making money. Many of us allow ourselves to be misguided by wanting to make a quick buck, which is the opposite of what he is trying to instill in us as students. Dan's philosophy is about learning the craft and becoming an expert, or master of our platform and trading techniques while being able to adapt to various market conditions.

Simply, Dan is a fantastic mentor and educator that you can't put a price on. We need more people in the world such as Dan who really care.

Your student...and.
All The Best,

Mikk King

I first learned of Dan Sheridan from the CBOE website. I was an Investools student, but not making any headway. I started to listen to Dan on the recommendation of one of my trading club members. From the first seminar, I was hooked. I started with his trading income series. Then I attended a live seminar in San Jose. I was stoked after that. After expiration and getting out of the rest of my trades, I started utilizing Dan's methods. I now only trade indexes and don't even look at charts! Well, maybe once in a while.

Dan is so willing to help you in any way he can. He is honest, and shows you how he does it. You can only learn by watching him do it. Minuses are few, but I'm sure many say the same thing, and that is how easily he is distracted. That said, we all love him for just the way he is!!!!

The one thing I really like about Dan's class is that he gives very specific guidelines about what stocks are appropriate (minimum price, minimum IV, IV percentile), what other factors to consider before initiating the trade, guidelines for entry (strikes, credit, skew, etc), guidelines for adjustment, stop losses and profit taking. Every book I've seen is really just "this is what an iron condor is", but not how to trade it and how to manage it along the way. Specifics. A sort of cookbook. I'm an engineer. I'm a very logical thinker. I like rules and guidelines.

With Dan's strategies, I've achieved +8.6%, +9.2%, -3.5%, +14.5% and +10.6% returns on total investment in my first 5 months. That's 39% in 5 months and includes all of my trades, winners and losers both. These results are a testimony not only to the strategies, but to Dan's teachings in money management and risk management.

Unfortunately with my personal reasons,I didn't get a chance to talk to any of the Dan's mentoring program mentors. I requested Dan S and Tom N to consider me in the next available batch. But, I have been regularly watching the webinars and they are extremely useful as am able to adapt to the current market conditions. I can't even think opening positions (low prob, high probs and other spreads) every month in this volatile market if I didn't have access to the Dan's program. Dan S comes up new trading ideas/strategies from time to time. The program really motivates all levels of traders.

Dan S, Dan H, Steve, Casey, Tom, Chad and many others are great guys. I'm very glad to be a part of this great team.

I'm very positive that I'll do even better once I started interacting with Dan 1-on-1.

Thanks for giving me opportunity to share my opinion.

For the beginner, Dan has distilled a very complicated area into sets of Rules and Adjustments for each strategy that is easy to understand, follow and apply.
He uses analogies and his unique "Dan isms" to present the material in a language you can readily understand. For example: "Dan says about practicing the craft: "Tiger Woods can take you out on the golf course and show you how to hit a golf ball, but you won't do it. You need lots of practice!"
And "When income option people are like the Israeli air force. As an income guy I am never at ease. I always look @ what should I take off, what should I adjust, what could hurt me?"

And "Income positions are like babies-They are not to be left alone."

I have been a student in Dan's program for a little over one year. I am consistently profitable using the methods I learned from him. I was an experienced trader, having day-traded stock index futures in the early-90s, but knew only the basics about options when I signed up for his mentoring program. I am on the lazy side of retirement and didn't want to spend all day in front of my computer, so I was attracted by Dan's suggestion that once learned, this way of trading could take very little time each day. I am happy to say that all of my expectations have been realized well beyond my initial hopes. As a teacher, Dan is extremely upbeat, patient and affirming. I'm always amazed by how he fits his teaching depth to the level his student is on. If you're a beginner, his teaching will be very simple but you'll feel stretched by the ideas he presents. If you're very advanced, he's right there with you, showing you nuances and refinements to your position management style. His overriding theme is that students must approach options trading as a craft. It took me a while to have this concept really sink in, but once I got it I understood that what he gives his students is invaluable. Like the old adage 'give a man a fish and he eats today; teach a man to fish and he'll eat every day,' Dan teaches his students to truly understand options and complex options positions. Dan could simply have taken the easy way out, given his students a 'cookbook' of positions and adjustments and sent us on our way but it's not the kind of teacher (or person) Dan is. Understanding the craft as he teaches it gives the student an amazing degree of flexibility and control over risk and reward. As it stands, the investment you'll make in Dan's mentoring program will give you the best financial returns you'll ever achieve. If you're ready to be finished with market predictions, market speculation as a way of trading, and "1000% returns in 2 days" then Dan is the teacher for you.

I noticed Dan through his initial association with the CBOE. I was intrigued but didn't do anything to follow up for about a year and a half before deciding to sign up. It was on the basis of his free webinars through the CBOE that I decided that Dan's approach, while "radical" when compared to other teaching methods I had seen advertised, made much more sense.

I traded options for about 4 years or so and mostly followed the tried-and not true methods of buying options, mostly OTM, and some limited spread trading without much formal knowledge

Dan opened my eyes to the concept of treating Options Trading as a business and shifting the focus from speculative plays to income approaches - like any business would adopt. His approach is logical and is well-based in the theory of probability.

Dan is incredibly patient and the Web-based training allows us to monitor the progress of others and to network. Dan's forceful urgings to trade small in the beginning allows for a gradual, controlled approach to learning the basics, and being able to walk before running or falling off the cliff!

Out of all the training programs that I have purchased to learn how to trade (about a dozen), I can say that Dan Sheridan's mentoring has been the only program in which I got a great return on my investment. Dan Sheridan delivered more that I expected. Not only you learn from a Master with over 20 years actual trading expertise, but you join a community of hundreds of active traders that support each other, and share their experiences of real trading in today's fluid markets. This program is all that it is advertised to be, and much more!
Thank you Dan.

Dan Sheridan and Mark Fenton have dedicated themselves to make you a succesful trader. They work with you at your pace and make sure that you have a clear understanding of the trade before entering the pit with the alligators. They go through a pre-trade checklist with you to make sure you know all the risks and how you are going to handle them.It takes a while working with them before the training wheels come off your trading. Trade small, learn the craft Dan repeats over and over. If you don't listen he will shoot you in the foot with a BB gun. Dan has created a community of traders that are willing to share and help one another. It is a true measure of the teacher Dan Sheridan; that students are willing to give back.You will make a lot of new friends, but none more willing to help then Dan himself. It is the best investment you will ever make.

Dan has helped me immeasurably, both in the big concepts and the nitty gritty. His program just keeps getting better and better each month and I think it's because he and his associates really care about your success and they're not just mouthing platitudes. There's nothing better out there so if you've found Dan Sheridan's Mentoring Program for options you can stop looking and join up.

When I got started with the Sheridan Mentoring Program the only experience I had with options was reading about them in books. I had traded stocks a bit and tried to understand options trading but the process was mysterious to me. I joined up with Dan's program after seeing him on CBOE TV and then attending one of his seminars. He breaks it down so even a newbie like myself can understand it... and best of all... after a few months now, I'm making money. Yes. It does work.

I say to my friends, "Dan is like the Tony Robbins of options trading education. He makes you 'get it' and have fun while you're learning it... and best of all, you really will KNOW how to do this." His joy for what he does really comes through on all levels.

Of course, it does require a commitment of time and energy on your part to learn the material, paper trade a LOT and watch a lot of webex's. But hey, you only get back what you put in to it!

It also needs to be said that this is the BEST community of traders I've ever run across. From the mentors to the 'super students' to your fellow newbie students, everyone is patient and helpful. Joining this community will be the best decision you ever make. It certainly was for me.

See you at the top.

I had been looking for a good options mentoring program for a while. Having done extensive research, I finally found Dan through the elite trader forum. One of Dan's students was posting how great the program was and I decided to give Dan a call. I consider myself a pretty good judge of character and after talking to Dan, I decided to sign up immediately.

Once I joined the community and started taking advantage of the MANY learning opportunities, what I found blew my expectations away! The program is very well designed and tailored to the individual which is ideal to maximize learning. The best thing though is that in SOM, you become part of the family and get access to the community for life. I can't say enough about how important this is. Learning doesn't end with 1:1 mentoring. Through the trading groups, the forums, the webex's I am always learning something new. And when I find myself in trouble, Dan is always willing to take a look and help. Dan is absolutely committed to make his students successful.

SOM is hands down the best educational experience I've had in trading and options and I couldn't be happier with my decision to join. I don't think there is any better way to learn to trade options-- I should know because I looked.

I have been following Dan for about 1 year. I attended his trading seminar in June 07 in Chicago, and really liked what I saw! I realized his group was special and decided to enroll in his mentoring program. I became an October student, and have really benefited from my experience. I believe the strength of the group lies in the members, as well as the support of Dan, Tom and the rest of Dan's team. The tools are great,the website is tremendous, and the willingness of the members to share their knowledge and experience is wonderful.
Best option trading learning experience I have been involved with, and there have been many.
Thanks Dan, Tom, Mark, Alina, Chad, Ernst, Steve, Howard, et al!!!!!

I became entranced with options trading early in 2004. Books on options were read, seminars attended, and biases were formed. "Options are stocks on steroids" a seminar speaker assured us. Two years and thousands of dollars later, I began to think of options as "stocks on drugs". Like a child who learns to keep his hand off a hot stove the hard way, I retreated to the sidelines without a clue as to how to consistently make money trading options.

In the summer of 2006 I discovered Dan Sheridan through the CBOE website. Dan's pie graph showing the relative amount of income trades versus speculative trades went right to the heart of my trading dilemma, and I became a student in the mentoring program.

Learning the craft is not easy but following Dan's advice and trading strategies has set me on the road to a profitable and enjoyable trading experience.

I signed up with Sheridan mentoring program in January. I had my first mentoring session with Dan Harvey on March 10th. I met Dan Sheridan last week in Chicago. I knew very little about the options before I started the program although I used to think that I know a lot!! Now that I have started this wonderful program, I am beginning to realize how much there is to learn. Like Dan says it, it is a craft that you learn as you practice. I wish I had Dan Harvey and Dan Sheridan 10 years ago when I started trading options. They are the best. Although I have only had 1 session (one on one) with Dan Harvey, he (along with Dan Sheridan and the rest of the mentors) has been teaching me for the last 2 months because of all the archived webinars I watch.
Wonderful program and great community.

I can't say enough about this program. I left a very lucrative career as a Senior IT Project Manager for one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world to making a MORE lucrative living trading the methods as Dan has taught me. My best month was a 94% yeild but my personal average has been over 20% each and every month over the last 15 months. This includes averaging in those wild months with severe one directional movement where Dan teaches how to minimize your losses and maximize your profits. It's incredible that the average Joe can make a living doing this as long as you know how to do it. I have moved from New Jersey to Alabama so I can enjoy the incredible free time this has given me. I was never able to take golf lessons until now. And I'm only 38 years old.

I love the new format that you have recently posted and I've decided to go through the new program as a refresher.

Thank you Dan

I tried over the years a few approaches to the stock market. I did not have a success.

With Dan Sheridan mentoring I learned and am learning a new approach. Dan is devoted and patient. He structured a system that allows you to learn in your pace and you have almost as long as you need to learn. Big portion of the program is for life.

If you follow what you learned and practiced, your chances of making money are high. The reasons are simple: the probabilities are on you side, you start with the right strategy, you pick the right vehicle and you make adjustments along the journey.

Dan is teaching you to follow conservative rules

Dan teaches you how to trade; not just the mechanics of how options work. I've traded options for over 7 years and have been one of Dan's students for almost 2 years and I can honestly say Sheridan Options Mentoring is the best value in option education today. I've learned more about how to successfully trade from Dan then I thought I would; I was surprised at what I didn't know. Dan has a genuine desire for his students to be successful. I know from personal experience that Dan's long term commitment to his students' success is invaluable. Anytime I've called Dan for help he was there and more than willing to help. Even thought I have never meet Dan, I think of him as a friend, not just a mentor.

I've been trading for years. I was introduced to options in the early 80's but didn't have time to devote to them until 2005. I did some intraday futures trading but the trading hours in Europe conflicted with family life too much. I was looking for a way to trade with long time frames, with leverage and controlled risk. Options filled the bill!

I found Dan on the CBOE website and everything he said made perfect sense. I was anxious to change my trading style to a more conservative, consistent approach. Dan's guidelines and instruction are worth their weight in gold! I did an OptionEtics Masters class and while the seminar was good, you are still on your own after the seminar is over. With Dan, it's a lifetime committment. Dan says we're stuck with him for life! Dan's desire to have his students be successful really shines through. I've never met anyone in the option industry who cares so much for others. By Dan's long term committment, he ensures the best chances for his students to be successful. This is the main separator between Dan and the others. As long as you pay attention to Dan's advice and stick with it, you should be able to learn the craft of option trading.

I have found that Dan's relentless focus on risk management and patience with his students is extremely valauble and non threatening. He is genuine and sincere in wanting everyone to be successful in building a business.

Nowhere else, to my knowledge, do you get this level of support, insight and assistance. Dan is not an ego driven pit trader. Dan is a genuine humble funny guy looking to share his learnings with all of us.

The best organisations use net promoter scores to value client advocacy. I am sure that Dan would score as well as some of the best love brands out there - ebay, google etc.

With all the garbage out there in the options/ or trading market, I can honestly say that Dan and his staff are for real.

I would suggest that you throw away all the option books on your shelf and just take Dan's class. It will be one of the best financial decisions you will ever make.

I have not been financially compensated for saying this.

This has been the best money that I have spent in my market education. Dan has moved me to higher levels than anyone in my educational past. Today I wish I'd had Dan four years earlier. I would have spent alot less on educational costs and my trading accounts would be larger from being a profitable trader for a longer time period. The earlier you start with Dan the better your chances to being profitable sooner.
Dan's mentoring is the only educational program, that I have purchased into, that is not afraid of teaching you what to do when the market does not do what you want it to do. He is there to help you in your trading when you need it, not a week or two late if at all.