The $25K Trading Challenge

So here’s the deal.

I’ve found a unique combination of 3 different simple option strategies - each beginner-friendly and easy to do - that when put together, realistically allows me to target a 5% daily return - or 25% per week.

Now I can hear all the Bruce's out there saying:

"25% per week? Are you off your rocker Boomer Dan?" 

No, I don't think I'm off my rocker (but I guess we're all about to find out lol)

I've been trading options with real live money for a long time - over 20 years now. 

I think I've traded pretty much every single option strategy that is out there known to man.  

Not only have I seen what really works and what doesn't - I've experienced it first hand with real live trades and real live money in a real live trading account.

I've traded through crashes.

I've traded through rip your face off rallies.

I've traded through 'Volmageddon's.

I even traded a big real money position through that crazy day last August when VIX spiked off the charts and wiped out that crazy bald guy with the big lips and all his followers - along with a lot of other option income traders I know. 

While they were all getting margin calls and blowing up their accounts, I had one of my best and most profitable days ever.

In fact, I did so well that day I didn't even realize that an atomic bomb had gone off in the options market and everybody got blown up until I woke up the next day and heard everyone crying in their soup.

So this isn't my first rodeo. I didn't just fall off the options trading truck. I'm not some starry eyed options trading beginner who has no idea or clue as to how this game really works and who has unrealistic expectations, visions of grandeur, who is naive, and who is taking tokes and getting high off the options trading 'hopeium'.

Making a 5% daily return isn’t impossible. I’ve done it many times - and I’ve even used strategies that delivered much higher daily returns than that.

But those trades required more complicated methods and constant screen-watching.

They weren’t ‘set it and forget.’

The strategies I’ll be using in this challenge are the opposite: They are super simple, beginner-friendly, low-risk, low-maintenance, with a ridiculously high return.

Now keep in mind that when I say 5% a day (25% per week) that doesn't mean that I expect to make 5% every day. Some days I will. Some day's I wont. Some days I will make more. Some days I will make less. 

It also doesn't mean that I don't expect to ever have any losing trades. I will - but as you’ll see, there will be far more winning trades than losing trades, and the losing trades will be tiny in comparison to what we make when we win.

What it DOES mean, is that over time on average, when all is said and done - I expect to have the ability to realistically make an average 5% daily return - or 25% per week.

So then the question is: what would happen if we compounded that? 

How long would it take to turn $2,500 into $25,000?

That’s what this project is all about.

I’ve decided to do special live trading challenge where you can grab a front row seat and watch as I attempt to do exactly that - and even follow and trade along if you wish (just as long as you agree to the standard trading disclaimer - you know the one - where you acknowledge and agree that nothing I say or do is trading advice or trading recommendations, I am not your financial advisor, you can lose money trading, and that you and only you are fully responsible for all of your trading decisions.)

Now, before we dive in, let’s put this into perspective.

Turning $2,500 into $25,000 means growing it by 900%.

If you annualize it, that’s basically an “are you kidding me?” return.

Compare that to:

• Treasury Bonds (T-Bills): ~4–5% a year.
• Bank Savings Account: ~0.5% (maybe 1% if your banker is feeling generous).
• Certificates of Deposit (CDs): ~3–5% a year.
• Warren Buffett: Somewhere around 20% a year?

So while your bank is giving you pocket lint and a stale mint in returns, this challenge is aiming for SUPER SIZED & SUPREME STEAK BURRITO level type of gains.

The goal?

At least 5% per day, which adds up to 25% per week.

That’s the plan.

How long will it take to hit $25K?

Well, let’s do the math, because it's been said that math doesn’t lie (though I've heard that it does occasionally cheat).

Scenario 1: The Plan (25% per Week)

Here’s what it looks like if things go according to plan - growing the account 25% each week. That’s like compounding burritos until you’ve got an entire Taco Bell franchise.

• Week 1: $2,500 → $3,125 (+$625 profit)
• Week 2: $3,125 → $3,906 (+$781 profit)
• Week 3: $3,906 → $4,883 (+$977 profit)
• Week 4: $4,883 → $6,104 (+$1,221 profit)
• Week 5: $6,104 → $7,630 (+$1,526 profit)
• Week 6: $7,630 → $9,537 (+$1,907 profit)
• Week 7: $9,537 → $11,921 (+$2,384 profit)
• Week 8: $11,921 → $14,901 (+$2,980 profit)
• Week 9: $14,901 → $18,627 (+$3,726 profit)
• Week 10: $18,627 → $23,284 (+$4,657 profit)
• Week 11: $23,284 → $29,105 (+$5,821 profit)

👉 In just about 11 weeks, we’ve passed $25,000. Basically three months.

That’s a 900% return in less than a quarter of a year - while your savings account is busy handing you 17 cents and a free pen. 

Scenario 2: The Dream (50% per Week)

Now let’s go all out and dream big. What if every week works out better than expected - and turns out to be a magical rainbow unicorn and I make 50% per week (which is actually something that I have done many times before)?

• Week 1: $2,500 → $3,750 (+$1,250 profit)
• Week 2: $3,750 → $5,625 (+$1,875 profit)
• Week 3: $5,625 → $8,438 (+$2,813 profit)
• Week 4: $8,438 → $12,657 (+$4,219 profit)
• Week 5: $12,657 → $18,986 (+$6,329 profit)
• Week 6: $18,986 → $28,479 (+$9,493 profit)

👉 At this pace, we’re over $25K in just 6 weeks.

That’s a 1,040% return in less than two months. Basically, while a CD is dribbling out a few crumbs, this pace is like hitting the ultimate burrito jackpot and being buried under a mountain of fresh and delicious guac.

Scenario 3: The Grind (5% per Week)

And now the “snail’s pace” version. What if I only make 5% per week? That’s still good money - Wall Street interns would sell their souls for that - but it takes longer.

• Week 1: $2,500 → $2,625 (+$125 profit)
• Week 2: $2,625 → $2,756 (+$131 profit)
• Week 3: $2,756 → $2,894 (+$138 profit)
• Week 4: $2,894 → $3,039 (+$145 profit)
• Week 5: $3,039 → $3,191 (+$152 profit)
• Week 6: $3,191 → $3,351 (+$160 profit)
• Week 7: $3,351 → $3,519 (+$168 profit)
• Week 8: $3,519 → $3,695 (+$176 profit)
• Week 9: $3,695 → $3,880 (+$185 profit)
• Week 10: $3,880 → $4,074 (+$194 profit)
• Week 11: $4,074 → $4,278 (+$204 profit)
• Week 12: $4,278 → $4,492 (+$214 profit)
• Week 13: $4,492 → $4,717 (+$225 profit)
• Week 14: $4,717 → $4,953 (+$236 profit)
• Week 15: $4,953 → $5,201 (+$248 profit)
• Week 20: $6,629 (+$314 profit that week)
• Week 30: $10,791 (+$514 profit that week)
• Week 40: $17,560 (+$837 profit that week)
• Week 50: $28,572 (+$1,363 profit that week)

👉 At this pace, it would take about 50 weeks (1 year) to get past $25K.

That’s about a 900% annual return - which is still absurd compared to bonds, banks, or CDs and Warren Buffett. Basically the difference between eating one burrito a week versus eating burritos every single day until you effen burst.

Now Let’s Rub Some of the Shiny Off This

Okay, now for the part where we come back down to earth. Because if we don’t, you might be inclined to immediately go out and order a brand new Ferrari and put a down payment on that big mansion up on the hill - or - think this is some sort of magical ATM where nothing can go wrong and money will just keep pouring out of it every week like clockwork.

Here’s the good, the bad, and the ugly:

• The Good: Compounding is real. Even a small daily/weekly percentage adds up way faster than most people expect. If you string together a solid streak, the math will shock you in the best way. This is when you’re stacking burritos on burritos until you need a forklift.
• The Bad: Losses will happen. And they won't always politely knock. In fact, sometimes they'll even kick in the door. And while the losses using the particular strategy I will be using in this challenge will be very small - there will be losing trades. And sometimes even consecutive losers in a row. BUT-  there will be far more winners than losers - and the losses on the losers will be very small compared to what can be made on the winning trades.
• The Ugly: Real life trading can be messy. Some weeks the market is a dream; other weeks it’s like playing pinball in the dark. Psychology plays a role too. At times you might get greedy. At other times you might freeze up like a deer in headlights and get scared. And sometimes you might even want to chuck your laptop out the window. 

So yes, the math is pretty.

But the road?

It can be bumpy, unpredictable - and there might be some potholes along the way.

Final Word

The $25K Challenge isn’t just about the money.

It's about learning a bankable and lifelong skillset - a combination of 3 super simple, beginner friendly, super low risk & super high reward trading strategies that can generate ridiculously good daily and weekly returns.

And it's also about learning how to leverage the magic of compounding and seeing first hand the power of consistency, discipline, and math (which for once is working in our favor instead of haunting us from 8th grade).

Will I hit $25K in 11 weeks?

In 6 weeks?

In a year?

Or will I face-plant spectacularly?

I don't know - but we are about to find out. 

Not knowing where this will wind up as we start off on this adventure will be part of the fun.

And you can have a VIP section front row seat to the show - and / or follow along / trade along with me if you want.

Let's do this and find out together.

Dan (Boomer Dan, that is)
661-202-0979

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