Programme curriculum

  • 1

    Week #1

    • Welcome to the FIRE Revolution Training programme
    • Introduction to FIRE Revolution
    • The Syllabus
    • Why do you need FIRE Revolution?
    • What's your magic number? (Part 1)
    • What's your magic number? (Part 2)
    • So how does it actually work?
    • An example
    • Assignment
    • Coaching Highlights
    • Week 1 Notes
  • 2

    Week #2

    • Picking the right shares
    • What exactly is a share
    • The real world
    • Important dates
    • Dealing with the volatility
    • The actual price of shares
    • Starting a watchlist
    • SharePad referral
    • Assignment
    • Coaching Highlights
    • FIRE Revolution Watchlist
    • Week 2 notes
  • 3

    Week #3

    • Fundamental Analysis
    • Company Size
    • Dividends
    • Price & Volatility
    • Debt, revenue and earnings
    • Other peoples opinion...
    • Assignment
    • Coaching Highlights
    • Week 3 notes
  • 4

    Week #4

    • Technical Analysis
    • Eyeballing the charts
    • The big picture
    • Indicators
    • An alternative approach
    • Assignment
    • Coaching Highlights
    • Week 4 notes
  • 5

    Week #5

    • Understanding options
    • Option chains
    • Option pricing
    • Option liquidity
    • The markets: UK or US?
    • Assignment
    • Week 5 Quiz
    • Coaching Highlights
    • Week 5 notes
  • 6

    Week #6

    • Cash-secured puts
    • Let's dig in
    • Which puts to sell
    • Assignment
    • Week 6 Quiz
    • Coaching Highlights
    • Week 6 notes
  • 7

    Week #7

    • Covered calls
    • Different perspectives
    • Which calls to sell: Part 1
    • Which calls to sell: Part 2
    • Assignment
    • Week 7 Quiz
    • Coaching Highlights
    • Week 7 notes
  • 8

    Week #8

    • Brokers and accounts
    • Option brokers: The runners and riders
    • A quick tour of SaxoTraderGO
    • A quick tour of Interactive Broker's Trader Work Station
    • Assignment
    • Opening a Saxo paper trading account
    • Opening an Interactive Brokers paper trading account
    • Coaching Highlights
    • Week 8 notes
  • 9

    Week #9

    • First trades
    • Limit orders
    • Splitting the spread
    • Other order types and monitoring your positions
    • Assignment
    • Coaching Highlights
    • Week 9 notes
  • 10

    Week #10

    • Risk reward profile of different puts
    • Calculations
    • FIRE Revolution Put Analysis
    • FIRE Revolution portfolio
    • Assignment
    • FIRE Revolution Put Analysis spreadsheet v1.42
    • FIRE Revolution Portfolio spreadsheet v1.42
    • Coaching Highlights
    • Week 10 notes
  • 11

    Week #11

    • The risk reward profile of different covered calls
    • Calculations
    • FIRE Revolution Covered call analysis spreadsheet
    • Covered call portfolio
    • Assignment
    • FIRE Revolution Covered Call spreadsheet v1.42
    • Coaching Highlights
    • Week 11 notes
  • 12

    Week #12

    • Bringing it all together
    • Some real world examples
    • Using the spreadsheets with campaigns
    • What to do if the share price drops
    • Assignment
    • Coaching Highlights
    • Week 12 notes
  • 13

    Week #13

    • We are almost there...
    • Early exercise
    • Crash, bang, wallop
    • Dividend cuts
    • A taxing issue
    • The step-by-step guide
    • Opening a LIVE Saxo account
    • Opening a LIVE Interactive Brokers account
    • Additional notes for the Interactive Brokers quiz
    • Using FIRE Revolution within a SIPP
    • Coaching Highlights
    • Week 13 notes
  • 14

    Advanced Bonus Modules

    • Grabbing a Quick Profit
    • Panic Button
    • Collars
    • ETFs
    • Rolling Puts
    • Fund Analysis
    • Rolling Calls
    • Show or Fill Rule
    • ITM puts and calls
    • IV and the VIX
    • ITM Married Put
    • Split Assignment
    • Credit Spreads
    • Rolling Options in a Single Trade
    • Corporate Actions
    • Portfolio Insurance
    • How Saxo and IB Handle the FX for US Trades
    • Hedging FX Exposure
    • Mark's 12 Rules
    • Duncan's High Yield Approach
    • Adventures in Options Land
    • Poor Mans Covered Calls
    • Simple Credit Spread System
    • Orders for Credit Spreads
    • Meet the Greeks Part 1
    • Meet the Greeks Part 2
    • Meet the Greeks Part 3
    • Meet the Greeks Part 4
    • Stock Repair Strategy
    • Buying Options
    • Fishing Orders
  • 15

    Revision Modules

    • Week 1
    • Week 2
    • Week 3
    • Week 4
    • Week 5
    • Week 6
    • Week 7
    • Week 8
    • Week 9
    • Week 10
    • Week 11
    • Week 12
    • Week 13
  • 16

    Downloadable Course Notes

    • Full FIRE Revolution Course Notes
    • Advanced Bonus Module Slides