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Small Lot Program Review - My Experience (Jan 2025) Program Details and Promises I joined John Carter's Small Lot program at the end of January 2025. The program was marketed with specific goals, including Carter's stated objective that "in my small account, the goal is consistent growth." Additionally, the program promoted that "John's goal is to double his account by February 1, 2026." The marketing materials featured claims that John's daughter "grew the account with this laid back type of trading by 108.29% in 3.5 months" and suggested that participants could scale this approach, stating "I did some of these trades in my bigger account, so you know, it could be a 110,000 to 220,000 dollar account." Worth mentioning that The Small Lot program is one of the more expensive offerings from Simpler Trading, priced at $3,000 USD per year. Performance Results As of June 9, 2025, the official trade tracker shows a loss of 25%. However, when factoring in the 4 currently open positions, the actual loss stands at 38%. Personal Investment and Outcome I committed $100,000 (a very substantial sum of money for myself, out of our savings) to this program with the intention of fully engaging with the strategy. I dedicated significant time and energy to following the trades exactly as directed. After approximately 5 months of participation, I have experienced a loss of $38,000. Program Execution and Support I understand that options trading carries inherent risks, and I acknowledge that every trade executed was ultimately my own decision. The program was presented with the concept that participants could "earn while you learn" by following John's trades. Unfortunately, this outcome did not materialize in my experience. During the first couple of months after joining, John was largely unavailable for questions and proper trade management guidance. This availability improved after he completed the acquisition of Simpler Trading and is a lot better nowadays. Personal Impact and Decision The financial losses from this program have created strain in my personal relationships, particularly with my spouse, due to the very significant amount lost and the drawdown to our savings account. The program marketing included the statement: "Everyone says to trade money that you can afford to lose but the truth is trading a small account sometimes means trading all you've got and it would hurt to lose it." This proved to be exactly what happened to me, as I engaged a significant portion of my capital and followed John's trades precisely. Rather than achieving the promised "consistent growth," I experienced substantial losses, which is why this situation came between me and my wife. As a result, I have decided to discontinue my participation in the program and cease options trading activities. Factual Disclosure This review is based on my personal experience and documented (both mine and John’s) performance results. I am not providing financial advice nor attempting to disparage anyone personally. However, I believe that individuals considering this program should be aware of these factual outcomes that I experienced during my participation. *Program:* Small Lot Trading Program *Duration:* January 2025 - June 2025 *Investment:* $100,000 *Documented Loss:* $38,000 (38% of capital) *Official Tracker Loss:* 25% (not including open positions) 06/24/25 UPDATE following Simpler's Response below I find it intriguing that Simpler actually wrote a good response and that a couple of hours later it was taken off and this one below has become the official response, so to help future potential participants fully understand the picture, allow me to add a few points: 1. When you say I was "following multiple traders and trades" - I followed the Small Lot Room trades to the tee until the day I left the program but also joined another Simpler Trading program on a trial basis some 3 weeks prior to leaving completely. The trial program was with Raghee's Mastery course and this was at the Simpler Trading's Content Manager's advice. 2. I could also add that Raghee's program was in the black and actually helped make up for some of the Small Lot losses however at your advice, I left that program to try and solely focus on the Small Lot. 3. My 38% loss indeed reflects a moment in time - the moment I decided enough is enough. I'm happy you say the loss is now "only" 12%, however I still fail to see where the "consistent growth is", where the "Earn while you learn" comes in and why anyone would need to take such a substantial drawdown, before even making a dime in the program. And that's without taking into consideration that the program itself is the most expensive one Simpler has to offer. The people at Simpler are great, the program needs tuning.

I did a 1 month trial of the Moxie room. TG Watkins' "Moxie Indicator" is a complete ripoff. It just plots the MacD Histogram of a higher timeframe and plots it as a line graph instead of a histogram. THEY ARE CHARGING YOU FOR SOMETHING THAT IS ALREADY AVAILABLE FOR FREE. The only thing that the Moxie indicator does is that it charts the MacD Histogram (as a line graph) of a higher timeframe on the same graph. The fact that it is a line graph for a higher time frame is what gives it that stairstep look. For example, the Daily chart plots the MacD Histogram for the Weekly timeframe, 1 hr chart plots MacD Histogram for the Daily timeframe, etc. You can find FREE code online that will do this for you. If you have access to the Moxie indicator, you can experiment for yourself and see what I am talking about. For example, view the MacD Histogram of the DAILY chart as a line graph, then compare it to the Moxie Indicator for the HOURLY chart. Make note of the peaks at troughs OF THE SAME DATES. You will see they are exactly the same. Same with the WEEKLY MacD Histogram compared with the DAILY Moxie indicator or the HOURLY MacD Histogram compared with the 15 MINUTE Moxie (High) indicator. (If you are not familiar with the MacD indicator, there are many YT videos that will explain it.) BTW, TG Watkins uses the default MacD settings of 12,26,9. No successful trader that I know of uses the default values. Also, during my trial, he did a lot of SPX 0 DTE and he lost a lot of money. He relied heavily on GexBot - which, imo, is not all that reliable because it changes a lot intra-day. He admitted that he was just new to 0 DTE (and options, in general) and was experimenting. That's fine, but to give out trades to people when you are just experimenting is irresponsible. He was basically gambling, not trading, when it came to SPX 0 DTE and options. He never put the odds in his favor. Also, he did not mention anything about the Greeks. I doubt he understands the Greeks. He never mentions why he chooses the deltas he chooses. Trading options without understanding the Greeks is a losing proposition. John Carter always said that since trading is a zero sum game, it is about taking money out of someone's account and putting it into yours. Well, TG Watkins has definitely learned that from John Carter. He has mastered the art of taking money out of your account and putting it into his account.  Update 06/19/2025 In an effort to discredit this review, Simpler Trading is now asking me to provide my PERSONAL information. Sorry. I don't give out that info freely - especially to sites like Simpler Trading. But they are right. You don't know who I am. I wouldn't trust some random netizen either. So, go ahead and do the 1 month trial and see for yourself. Prove me wrong. BUT I MUST WARN YOU. They are excellent salespeople at Simpler Trading. Please do your homework before engaging with them. If there is one thing they do very well at Simpler Trading, it is trying to sell you a new indicator that they "invented" every couple of months. Their sales pitches are disguised as webinars and are very polished and designed to make you believe that their latest indicator is the magic bullet that will propel you to becoming a successful trader. But, are their indicators backed with money back guarantees? Of course not. They already have your money. Why would they give it back? So, before doing the trial, if you are not already familiar with momentum indicators, Please familiarize yourself with some of the free indicators that are already included in most trading platforms, for example: MacD, RSI, Fast/Slow Stochastic, ADX, etc. There are a ton of free indicators. Familiarize yourself with any combination of these indicators (I suggest using more than one). I won't direct you to a specific sites to learn about these because Simpler Trading will accuse me of purposely trying to steer customers to a specific business, but google it or do a search on YT and you will find many free tutorials on any of these indicators and on how to use moving averages. I also recommend working with them and doing paper trades until you are comfortable with them and how they work. Then do the 1 month trial. You can decide for yourself whether you want to spend a couple of thousand dollars on the Moxie indicator (aka MacD Histogram plotted as a line graph), or use the indicators that are already included with the trading platforms that do the same thing. But again I must warn you. Please do your homework before engaging with them or they may likely extract money from your account and put it into theirs.

I really have learned a lot about 'Swing Trading' under TG Watkins!! Additionally, his incredible Moxie Indicator points to when to get into a trade, how long to stay in a trade, and when to exit a trade to gain MAX profits!! His Moxie tool is also instrumental in doing Macro Analysis and understanding when indices and sectors are getting either weak or strong so you can plan accordingly on when to stay in the mkt and when to get out. Before TG and his Moxie tool I used to really struggle w/ this process but under his tutelage I've absolutely ROCKED where my acct. went up from $40k to $87k within a couple of months!! I highly recommend TG and his Moxie Indicator it will TURBO CHARGE your trading!!

I have been trading for many years and participated in many trading services. In my opinion Trendy/Tr3ndy Jon & Melissa are the best traders I have experienced.  Their teaching is a unique service & I like how their methodology is consistent across different timeframes & strategies.  They also have a true passion for teaching.  I can't give them enough praise. If you want to learn to trade futures, options, or swing shares, this is the place you need to be.

What Jon and Melissa teach is truly life changing. While you can follow along with their trades, the education and tools provided teach you how to become successful on your own. Although you will not want to leave the great community full of other like minded traders.

Isaac is quick to get back to me on any questions I have.

Isaac was very helpful and addressed all of my needs in a timely fashion.