Why right now
This market doesn't feel safe
People are apprehensive, and they've got reasons. The ground under this tape feels less stable than it has in a while:
Inflation is heating back up
Prices are climbing again, and the Fed's next move is anyone's guess.
The world keeps flashing risk
Geopolitical shocks abroad keep feeding the inflation fire and rattling markets.
Washington keeps stepping in
More government intervention and policy surprises move whole sectors overnight.
The economy reads unevenly
Parts of the country are slowing while others run hot. There's no clean, single read.
When you can't be sure which way the market breaks, you don't want to bet the farm on direction. You want defined risk and a trade that pays you to wait.
The catch
Every option you buy is renting time
Most traders reach for options to play a move with limited risk. But the moment you buy one, the clock starts charging you rent. That daily melt (traders call it theta) drains your position a little more every day, even when the stock never moves.
-$11/day
Daily time decay
On a $100 stock, owning an at-the-money call and put bleeds real money before the trade is even right.
The fix
Sell time to buy time
Capitol Gains flips the clock in your favor. You sell a credit spread (two options that hand you cash up front and cap your risk), then put that cash toward the call or put you really want. The premium you collect covers the daily cost of waiting, so you hold your shot for next to nothing.
▲ Leaning bullish
Sell a put spread
collect the credit
Buy a call
your uncapped shot
▼ Leaning bearish
Sell a call spread
collect the credit
Buy a put
your uncapped shot
Shown to explain the mechanics. Your live trades come with the exact ticker, strikes, and timing.
Why it fits
Made for a market like this
A gentle lean is enough
You don't need to be sure where the market's headed, just a slight edge one way.
The wait pays you
The credit spread collects premium while you wait, so a slow stretch isn't dead money.
A real shot when it breaks
The option you financed runs uncapped if the move finally rolls your way.
Defined risk, every time
Your max loss is the spread's width, known the moment you put the trade on.
Get paid to wait. Then catch the wave when it breaks your way.
A real one
The last time Andrew ran this play
AeroVironment (AVAV) is a drone-and-defense name, exactly the kind of catalyst Frank surfaces. Last earnings, Andrew built a self-financing trade around the report and let the move come to him.
+242.86%
AVAV earnings trade
Closed in 14 days
How it worked
The credit spread financed the wait and capped the risk. When AVAV moved on earnings, the call Andrew financed had room to run, and that's where the gain came from.
Here's the timely part: Andrew's next self-financing setup is built around AVAV's upcoming earnings. Members get the full trade, the ticker, strikes, timing, and the exit.
A few more we've caught recently
| Ticker |
Gain |
Hold |
Closed |
| GEO |
+78.57% |
19 days |
May 06 |
| APA |
+54.72% |
14 days |
Mar 26 |
| ZM |
+33.33% |
24 hours |
Apr 15 |
| XOM |
+26.09% |
6 days |
Feb 18 |
Selected closed positions, shown for illustration. Not every trade is a winner, and these results were not necessarily typical. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
The team behind every trade
Frank finds it. Andrew builds it.
Frank Gregory
DC & defense intelligence
A former DC and Wall Street insider, now a drone-startup co-founder. He surfaces the catalyst and the stock, defense, aerospace, drones, and policy moves, often before they hit the headlines.
Andrew Giovinazzi
Former market maker
Co-founder and COO of Option Pit and a former electronic market maker. He takes Frank's catalyst and builds the financed trade: the spread, the shot, the defined risk, and the exit.
What you get, every week
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The weekly trade. Ticker, strikes, structure, and the exact net target. A credit spread that finances a long call or put, so you get paid to wait for the move. |
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The closeout, every time. A clear exit alert telling you when and how to take the trade off. You're never left holding alone. |
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The 'why now' behind it. Andrew Giovinazzi's macro-to-mechanics read, plus Frank Gregory's DC and defense intel. |
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The live room & shows. Watch trades get built and managed in real time, ask questions, and learn the method, not just the call. |
~12 to 13
Complete trades
Entry and exit on every trade, a full round trip, not a tip you're left to figure out. That's about the cost of two coffees per idea.
✓
14-day money-back guarantee. Try Capitol Gains risk-free. If it isn't for you, email us within 14 days for a full refund, no hard feelings.
One thing to check first: placing these trades takes spread-level options approval (often called Level 3) at your broker. Most brokers grant it with a quick application.
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Options involve risk and are not suitable for all investors. Capitol Gains is educational content and is not individualized investment advice. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Trade examples are for illustration; actual fills, costs, and outcomes will differ. [ Add any required track-record disclosure, actual vs. hypothetical, dates, and methodology. ]