How to Grow Small Accounts with Simple SPX Day Trades in as Little as 15 Minutes a Day

Hosted by Allison Ostrander and Heather Vanek

Wednesday, April 15th at 6:00 PM Central

Discover the Proven Strategies Allison & Heather Use to Make Consistent Daily Income without Watching Charts All Day

How Allison identifies the direction of the day in the first 15 minutes before most traders have finished their coffee
How Heather uses a three-condition checklist to take emotion completely out of her end-of-day setups
Precise small account setups designed to target gains more than 2X the average loss
Why these reliable “small lot” trades work in choppy, trending, and high volatility markets
How Allison's 15-minute opening strategy produced a consistent 71% win rate (and what triggers her “no trade day” rule)
How Heather locked in 300%, 257%, and 233% gains in the final hour of the trading day (each time risking an average of just $132)

"Love the 15 min trade. Takes all the emotion out of the decision making."

— DJ
"I can't believe I am finally trading options... going from knowing nothing about options a month ago to buying butterflies."

— Nimer
"I just started with small lots this week. This was my first green day."

— Brian H.

About Allison

Allison graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre. Wanting to make sure she wasn’t going to be a starving artist while pursuing theatre, Allison took up trading options after seeing her father successfully do the same. What started as an experiment with a paper trading account quickly grew into a passion. She decided to pursue trading full-time while investing in personal coaching classes. As a result, Allison was so successful that she made back her investment in her first trade! After that, there was no looking back.

Fast forward to today, Allison has become an integral part of the Simpler Trading family. With her over a decade of options trading experience, Allison continues to grow as a trader, sharing her knowledge within our community. Her experience in not only trading, but teaching others how to trade, shines through in her videos and blog posts. She has experienced and seen other traders go through the ups and downs of trading. Her goal is to help traders minimize the downs, so their ups can outshine in their account. Allison is able to explain complex trading strategies and chart patterns with ease for both beginners and advanced traders. Her unique view of how to look at Capital Risk, the Chart, and the Option Chain can give any trader a new perspective on investing.

For those who have trouble with position sizing, chart reading, or options trading, Allison’s Recycling Risk sessions are a “must watch.” You can often find her participating in the Small Lot Room and the Mastering the Trade Room throughout the market day, or catch her outside of market hours teaching classes and hosting member webinars for the Simpler Community.

About Heather Vanek

Heather’s trading journey began in 2015 with swing trading stocks. It was during the 2020 COVID lockdown that she discovered her passion for options trading. Drawn to Simpler Trading’s community, her first class with Allison Ostrander on Butterflies followed by John Carter’s Small Account class, which deeply resonated with her disciplined approach. Since joining Simpler Trading in 2023, Heather has worked closely with John Carter, evolving from behind-the-scenes support to a Content Provider in the Small Lot Trading room.

With a particular love for trading options on SPX Heather also trades futures and excels in both day and swing trading. Her favorite strategy is Butterflies, complemented by verticals, using tools like Squeeze Pro, Quant Pivots, Voodoo Lines, Fibonacci, and Spot Gamma to identify high-probability setups. Her trading philosophy hinges on disciplined risk management—sizing positions to withstand a full loss if markets gap unexpectedly—ensuring resilience in any scenario.

A strong advocate for journaling, Heather views it as a critical yet underrated tool for uncovering insights about markets and personal trading habits. In the Small Lot Trading room, she complements John Carter’s bold style with a less aggressive, smaller-sized approach, emphasizing emotional mastery and mindset. Through her detailed trade analysis for every trade she alerts, Heather takes complex strategies and breaks them down into clear, easy-to-understand lessons, guiding traders to build confidence and skill in their trading journey.

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