Sheridan Options Mentoring Student Testimonials

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.

Dan is very passionate about his income trading & that really comes across with his teaching style.

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

Even though I am in the financial services industry, and have been trading options for many years, training with Dan has taken my options knowledge and capabilities to a whole new level. The investing approach, along with the mentoring program, is absolutely the best I know of.

Having Dan as a mentor has really opened up my eyes as to how to approach option trading. Before signing up with Dan, I really had no framework with which to apply risk management to my options trading. Thanks, to Dan, this is now firmly in place and is my number one focus when a trade is on.

Before joining the program, all the strategies (Butterflies, condors, verticals, calendars, diagonals) were just that, I had no real understanding of how or when to apply them. With Dan's guidance, this is no longer the case.

Dan teaches you how to pick candidates, assess the risk before initiating a trade and then how to manage the trade.

Dan has made a big difference to my trading.

Dan's Mentoring Program is the absolute best mentoring program I have ever seen. Dan teaches you a way of trading options that really works, and what make the program so great is that Dan truly cares about his students succeeding. The program is extremely well put together and provides all the tools a student needq to learn to trade successfully. Dan is all about the students and making them successful traders....he's never about selling the student another this or that. Dan is one of the most genuine people you'll ever meet and what he teaches you about trading options is beyond fantastic.

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 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!

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 can assure you that I have learned more in the last couple of months watching Dan teach via the webex's, and networking w/current students than I have in the previous year on my own. I can undoubtedly see that this will be the best investment into my option education ever. Dan is a very genuine person, and sincerely cares about the success of each and every one of his students. I look forward to shaking his hand in person one day, and can unequivocally recommend his course to anyone considering it.

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!!!!!

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 first learned about options trading on TV. Then I attended one of those Motivational seminars were you go to get fired up. There I signed up and for a three day class and learned some basics about charting, and options. I left and got some books on options trading to expand on the basics. After a few weeks of reading I began trading. With just a basic knowledge I was dangerous. I Lost most of the start up capital. That's when I convinced myself "I needed some help". I attended several free options courses where the Sales team encouraged you to sign up for more. Which was a turn off. I found the CBOE Options Institute and there I learned of Dan's Webinars and his program. After viewing all of Dan's programs. I called and learned more about his program. I'm approaching a year with Dan's program and It has made a difference in my trades and life. Dan is your coach he tells you where you need work and what needs to be done to improve.


Best Regards,
Dave V.
Options Trader for Life

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.

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.

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.

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.

My current approach is a measured, calm and analytical one. I can actually look at a position and analyse the risk and reward with a reasonably certainty of its outcome. Through Dan I have learnt the importance understanding very thoroughly the risks of a position before embarking on a trade. I also have a very clear understanding of the importance of having a plan before ever putting on a trade. His approach ( as taught by him on his course) is one of taking a good look to try to ensure that the odds are in the trader's favour prior to ever putting on the position. Prior to the program I did not have an adequate understanding of the complexities of trading of any of the trading positions and certainly if I had not embarked on training with Dan I almost certainly would have made a real hash of things. After training with Dan I have also come to realize the importance of keeping things simple and manageable. He has also insisted that his students master the trading platforms of which are offered by the various brokerages. I think that undergoing training with Dan has resulted in an understanding of when to trade and what to trade as well as how to trade. His approach of explaining by actually doing ie:salvaging a trade which has gone wrong is probably the most confidence inspiring one for most traders because it illustrates very clearly that trades do go wrong and often not all is lost. The other very valuable facet of Dans approach is his insistence on the practical side of actually trading options. This coupled with backtrading, had provided me with a very valuable approach. I can now backtrade a positon prior to putting on a trade to understand the characteristics of the underlying vehicle.

Lastly I think Dan's insistence that his students start trading in small lots ie one's and two's in order to limit losses as well as to develop confidence has been the single most valuable lesson for someone like me who had very little understanding of options. If I am in doubt I deliberately approach a trade by trading small lots so that I limit my losses.

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.

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.

By far the best decision in my trading career. The personalized, 1-on-1 sessions are catered to 'your' trades, and the sessions are focused on 'why' to adjust at this point, and 'why' we diversify over time and vehicles; not just a canned, one size fits all trading plan, but a personalized coach to review your trades with and help you understand your areas for improvement. The community and trading groups are the biggest asset IMO - People from all walks of life trading thousands to millions, and all passionate about options income trading --

Just do it! Without hesitation I have to say that Dan (and this community) is awesome!

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.

Priceless.