★ THEOTRADE INSTRUCTOR
[Don Kaufman]
[Lead Instructor, Options Strategies, Volatility, Risk Management]
Don Kaufman is the co-founder and lead instructor at TheoTrade. A former market maker on the Chicago Board Options Exchange and head of education at ThinkorSwim, Don specializes in options strategies, volatility trading, and professional-level risk management. His teaching focuses on helping traders understand how markets truly function beneath the surface and how to structure trades with defined risk.
[Don Kaufman]
[25]+
YEARS TRADING
[2,000]+
ACTIVE MEMBERS
[6]
SERVICES OFFERED
[Options]
MARKET FOCUS
Services & Programs
[XMAS Tree Alerts]
A specialized options strategy service that focuses on advanced multi-leg options structures designed to take advantage of volatility and time decay. Members receive alerts and education on how to structure and manage these unique trades.
[$1,995]/year
[Shadow Clocks]
A proprietary volatility timing indicator designed to help traders identify potential turning points in the market. Shadow Clocks helps traders recognize when volatility cycles may signal major directional opportunities.
[$1,497]/year
[In/Out Advantage]
A tactical trading strategy designed to capture short-term opportunities with clear entry and exit rules. In/Out Advantage focuses on precision timing and disciplined trade management.
[$997]/lifetime
[Earnings Flips]
An options strategy designed to capitalize on volatility and price movement surrounding corporate earnings announcements. Earnings Flips focuses on defined-risk setups that can benefit from post-earnings volatility shifts.
[$995]/year
[SuperFly]
A defined-risk options income strategy designed to take advantage of time decay and market structure. SuperFly focuses on structured trades with clear risk parameters and consistent management rules.
[$1,995]/year
[Catapult Trades]
A strategy focused on identifying explosive price moves after periods of consolidation. Catapult Trades looks for stocks and options setups that are positioned for strong directional momentum.
[$1,997]/year
Don Unlimited
Every Don Kaufman Service. One Payment. For Life.
For 25 years, Don Kaufman has built trading systems from a vantage point almost no trader gets — 15 of them watching institutional order flow from inside thinkorswim and TD Ameritrade. Don Unlimited is all of it in one package: lifetime access to every alert service Don publishes, with no renewals, no price increases, and no expiration. Ever.
Earnings Flips
Turn the wildest weeks of the quarter into your best ones. ~15 alerts per earnings season, 4 seasons a year.
Lifetime value: $4,975Catapult Trades
One high-probability paired trade every week, 52 weeks a year — winning roughly 3 out of 4.
Lifetime value: $9,985Xmas Tree Alerts
Stop guessing direction. Get paid like the house when fear gets overpriced — 10–20 trades a year, IRA-friendly.
Lifetime value: $9,975SuperFly
Capture the overnight session in about six minutes a day. Up to 6 alerts a week, sent before the close.
Lifetime value: $9,975Shadow Clocks
12–15 timing-based alerts a year that position you before the big money’s move — not after it.
Lifetime value: $7,485In/Out Advantage
The sleep-well service: defined risk, steady wins, a play for any market. ~52 Fast Money Flash alerts a year.
Lifetime value: $997$43,392
One payment. Yours for life. Limited to 30 founding members.
Backed by a lifetime price-lock and every future upgrade to all six systems at no additional cost. Already own one of these services, or have TheoTRADE credits? Call 623-244-5657 before checkout so you only pay for what you don’t already have.