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We’ve taught thousands of traders over the past 10+ years. The most consistently successful have a strong foundation in trading basics. That’s why Simpler Essentials focuses on these critical core skills and breaks them down into bite-sized chunks that you can consume at your own pace. Our commitment is to deliver the best trading education while being responsive to your feedback.

Here’s what you’ll get with a Simpler Essentials Membership:

Get Started

New to trading? This section contains key steps for getting you started with your Simpler Essentials membership.

Meet the Traders

Get to know your trading mentors! Discover your favorite traders’ chart setups, trading plans, strategies, and more.

Learning Center

Here you’ll find our easy-to-understand educational videos covering options, futures, stocks, charting, psychology, and more!

Breakout Room Archives

Missed a live session with our traders? No worries; visit the breakout room archives anytime to go back and watch your favorite sessions.

Request a Topic

Ask our traders your questions and get them answered in a live market environment.

Weekly Watchlist

Every Monday someone from our team shares their watchlist for the week.

Here is what fellow community members have said about Simpler Trading:

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Your Simpler Essentials Trading Team

One of the most important things when learning to trade is having trading mentors. We don’t want you to waste your time on trial and error trying to find an experienced trader you can trust. Let our seasoned pros guide you in the direction that best suits your trading goals.

John’s trading strategy combines expert technical analysis with an overall macro, fundamental view. John is the trading expert everyone turns to when the markets go awry.

Founder of Simpler Trading

John Carter

Henry focuses heavily on scanning for new setups, managing open trades, and walking traders through new trades. He looks at the markets with a trend following, conservative take.

Sr. Managing Director of Options Trading

Henry Gambell

Danielle is the ideal trading mentor. Whether you’re a new or seasoned trader, Danielle addresses your questions on how to understand and apply our strategies here at Simpler.

VP of Options

Danielle Shay

Kody’s main goal in trading is to produce weekly income for a source of living. He seeks to actively pay himself weekly while managing risk.

Director of Weekly Options Strategies

Kody Ashmore

Allison's unique view of how to look at Capital Risk, the Charts, and the Option Chain can give any trader a new perspective on investing.

Director of Risk Tolerance

Allison Ostrander

Raghee excels in longer term plays that last days or weeks, averaging between 30-70% ROI. Receive trade setups between 6-34 hours in advance of the trigger, allowing clients who don’t want to sit at the computer all day an excellent opportunity to enter swing trades.

Managing Director of Futures Trading

Raghee Horner

If you’re looking to improve you risk/reward ratio, or you’re not able to devote large amounts of time sitting watching the charts, Bruce may be just the trader you’re looking for.

Director of Options & Income Trading

Bruce Marshall

Joe's specialties are trading, mentoring, coaching, OTC trade negotiation, risk management and market analysis.

Managing Director of Commodities & Equities

Joe Rokop

Taylor’s trading style focuses on trading setups with options strategies. He focuses on trading weekly, 3-day, and daily squeezes in trending stocks.

VP of Directional Options Strategies

Taylor Horton

Sam is primarily a swing trader. He works to understand the markets through technical analysis and recognizing the distinct psychology and correlations of each chart.

VP of Options

Sam Shames

Traders who listen to David in the Simpler Futures room use his insights to take their trading to the next level. He is the creator of some of Simpler's most popular indicators.

VP of Quantitative Analysis

David Starr

Mary Ellen knows what to look for - combining fundamental and technical information with a heavy dose of intuition and 20 years as the trusted advisor to the advisors.

Senior Managing Director of Equities

Mary Ellen McGonagle

Discover a methodology incorporating defined risk, targeted strategies, and exceptional market analysis. Jon provides unparalleled insights, enabling traders to reach new heights.

Director of Supply and Demand

Jonathan McKeever

Chris is a great mentor for traders that are interested in stocks, day trading, and more. He prefers trades with limited risk and uses simple setups to target consistent gains.

Sr. Managing Director of Stocks

Chris Brecher

Have Questions?

The information contained on this website is solely for educational purposes, and does not constitute investment advice. The risk of trading in securities markets can be substantial. You must review and agree to our Disclaimers and Terms and Conditions before using this site.

U.S. Government Required Disclaimer – Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Futures and options trading has large potential rewards, but also large potential risk. You must be aware of the risks and be willing to accept them in order to invest in the futures and options markets. Don’t trade with money you can’t afford to lose. This website is neither a solicitation nor an offer to Buy/Sell futures or options. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to those discussed on this website. The past performance of any trading system or methodology is not necessarily indicative of future results.

Individual results may vary, and testimonials are not claimed to represent typical results. All testimonials are by real people, and may not reflect the typical purchaser’s experience, and are not intended to represent or guarantee that anyone will achieve the same or similar results.

Simpler Trading’s Traders and employees will NEVER manage or offer to manage a customer or individual’s options, stocks, currencies, futures, or any financial markets or securities account. If someone claiming to represent or be associated with Simpler Trading solicits you for money or offers to manage your trading account, do not provide any personal information and contact us immediately.

CFTC RULE 4.41 – HYPOTHETICAL OR SIMULATED PERFORMANCE RESULTS HAVE CERTAIN LIMITATIONS. UNLIKE AN ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RECORD, SIMULATED RESULTS DO NOT REPRESENT ACTUAL TRADING. ALSO, SINCE THE TRADES HAVE NOT BEEN EXECUTED, THE RESULTS MAY HAVE UNDER-OR-OVER COMPENSATED FOR THE IMPACT, IF ANY, OF CERTAIN MARKET FACTORS, SUCH AS LACK OF LIQUIDITY, SIMULATED TRADING PROGRAMS IN GENERAL ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE DESIGNED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY ACCOUNT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFIT OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THOSE SHOWN.

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