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I'm sure some will look at this trader's journey and think it was filled with "boring" at the start. Our guest, Tim (alias in the chat room, "EarlyDawg"), may not have come out of the gates with guns-a-blazin', but he did come out of the gates the way it is supposed to be done. In terms of "how do I start to trade?", Tim lays a great blueprint for the steps to take. With that being said, even when you take the proper steps and go about the journey the right way, that does not guarantee complete smooth sailing either, but it does give you the upper hand in many regards. Notes: Tim\u2019s introduction to the market was trading a small amount of penny stocks based on a family suggestion (from a newsletter). While the trade worked out for a 300% gain, his future trading would not be as successful. He has a large family and needed to focus on providing for them so he put the market aside for many years until he felt more stable. His wife saved up some money on the side and got back into the penny stock market and while her intentions were good, she got caught in a pump and dump. After heeding Clay\u2019s warning that it would be foolish to trade without any education, Tim invested in himself and spent many months digesting the content before he even began to paper trade. He wanted to see all the options available to him and find what works for him personally. Everyone trades differently and Tim realized this very early on. Tim focuses on selling option premium (covered in the Advanced Options course). This is a great way to swing trade and essentially be \u2018the house\u2019 of a casino. He uses a blend of weekly options and monthly options to take in credit throughout the month. While he has only been live for 6 weeks now, Tim has already identified some problematic areas of his trading. He is slowly becoming comfortable not doing \u2018something\u2019 every day. The real key to credit spread trading is letting time pass and to trust his initial analysis which entails his risk profile and his profit targets. Quotes: \u201cBought an oil and gas company, let it triple and sold it. That was about 20 years ago and haven\u2019t done much since.\u201d tweet this quote \u201cIt took me about 3 to 4 months of just pure listening to the courses and podcasts before I even started to paper trade.\u201d tweet this quote \u201cKnowing that everybody is different, I have to figure out what works for me. Since this is my money, I don\u2019t want to just jump in.\u201d tweet this quote \u201cI\u2019ve got a capped loss, a capped gain, and if I lose I\u2019m willing to lose that because I know all my other trades will make that back.\u201d tweet this quote \u201cI need to trust my initial analysis. If I just trust in the charts and the probabilities, I\u2019m right more than I am wrong.\u201d tweet this quote Links: Course: Options Trading: Advanced