Options Trading Coach
Options Trading Coach
Options give you leverage, flexibility, and defined risk. They don’t give you discipline. That part is on you.
An options trading coach who understands the psychology of high-leverage instruments can mean the difference between a sustainable edge and a cycle of well-planned trades undone by poor execution. Kim Ann Curtin works with options traders on the patterns that show up at every level: holding losers past your exit, taking profits too early out of fear, oversizing on high-conviction setups, and the anxiety that comes with expiration risk and theta decay.
How Coaching Works
The TPI Assessment
A baseline read on risk tolerance, emotional regulation, and cognitive flexibility under the specific pressure of leveraged positions.
One-on-One Sessions
Direct work on the exits, sizing, and expiration-anxiety patterns showing up in your actual positions.
Applied Through Expiration
Tools for holding to your plan as theta decay and volatility shifts test your thesis in real time.
Why Options Trading Demands a Different Mental Game
Options trading creates psychological pressure that equity traders rarely experience. The clock is always running. A trade that’s directionally right can still lose money. Volatility expansion and contraction affect your P&L in ways that don’t map to your original thesis, and your brain, which is wired to link outcomes to decisions, struggles to process that.
Most options traders understand the mechanics. The gap isn’t in knowing the Greeks. It’s in executing a plan when the position isn’t moving the way you expected and every instinct is telling you to do something.
What Coaching Addresses
Early exits
taking profits at the first sign of reversal instead of managing to your target
Loss aversion on defined-risk trades
holding to zero because “the max loss is already defined” is still a choice to lose more
Revenge sizing
overconcentrating after losses to “make it back faster”
Expiration anxiety
decision-making that deteriorates as expiration approaches
Strategy hopping
abandoning a proven approach after a drawdown before it has time to play out
Kim’s Background
Kim Ann Curtin spent years in professional financial services before building a coaching practice focused entirely on traders. She’s worked with options traders across strategies, from single-leg directional plays to complex spreads and income strategies. The psychology is consistent: the structure of the trade changes, the patterns underneath don’t. The Trader Positioning Index (TPI) assessment establishes a judgment baseline at the start of every engagement, identifying the specific patterns most likely to show up under pressure in your trading.
Book a Free Discovery Call
30 minutes to understand where your execution is breaking down and whether Kim’s coaching addresses it. No pitch.