Mini Courses
Stratagem Trading offers one or two day courses (4 to 8-hours per day) on specific topics and/or trading strategies from time to time. These courses are designed to address and prepare for anticipated market events (such as the Crash Ready course), or to present in-demand strategies, which maybe of interest to a wider public audience. Topics range from basic to advanced.
What is the Jelly Roll?
Don’t know what a Jelly Roll is? No problem—we’ve made a YouTube explainer to break it down. In short: it’s a time spread between SPX AM (morning) and SPX PM (afternoon) options, designed to capitalize on Friday’s often wild settlement prices.
Just last July, settlement spiked to $7.97 above the day’s high—and this past August 15th was about $5 above.
VISIT YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/ovu4Vf2JcEk?si=J_DxF06swEgcA_9L
Word is spreading fast—our exclusive 8-hour Jelly Roll Mini Class (plus bonus session) is filling quickly! Register now.
For years, we’ve taught a simplified version of the Jelly Roll… but this time, we’re diving deep into the full strategy. Over the past 3 months, the Jelly Roll has generated at least $500 per trade—with last August 15th setup delivering $1,680.
Scott
aka J.L. Lord
Scott (aka JL Lord) is a retired floor trader (CBOE) with over 20 years of extensive experience and expertise in leading others in their trading education journey on the subtleties of stock, commodity, currency, index and option trading.
He rose to prominence as the lead instructor/head trader for option education companies such as TradeSecrets, Optionetics, and Random Walk. His many accolades and accomplishments include authoring over 15 books, textbooks and course manuals under the nom de plume J.L. Lord.
Whacky creates opportunity.
This class is your chance to—
- Master one of the more powerful (and fun) strategies in trading
- Gain the confidence to execute Jelly Rolls on your own
- Learn not just the “remedial” version—but every nuance, rule, and condition in detail
Schedule
Saturday, September 13, 2025 | 9:00am – 5:30pm CST
Bonus Class on September 19, 2025 (one hour during market hours)
Included
- One full day of class instructions
- Access to Class Recordings
- PDF copy of slides
- Supplemental P.O.T. class recordings
- *Free 30-day free trial of P.O.T. class (new students only)
Limited to just 50 students. The class is amost full.
Serious students, get ready to level and register now.
DON’T MISS OUT!
Register Now!
Early Bird Rate: $549
Early Bird rate ends Sunday, 8/31/25 (CT)
Regular price starts Monday, 9/1 @ 12:01am CT: $599
Frequently Asked Questions
1. How much option knowledge do I need to understand the class and apply what I will learn?
Admittedly, some of StratagemTrade's classes cater to more advanced individuals, but this is not one of them despite what is seemingly a lot of moving parts. We will be going through every step in a clear and methodical way with the most difficult concept being that of a BOX SPREAD. A Box Spread is simply a long call spread and long put spread using the same strikes and same expiration. Anyone that can understand that can understand the class in its entirety.
For more on BOX SPREADS you can go to our YOUTUBE channel (@stratagemtrade) and look up our video on the Box Spread.
2. Can this trade be done monthly or are opportunities rare? I ask this because jelly rolls are generally considered to be impractical for the average retail trader.
You are correct when stating that there is a perception that Jelly Rolls "are considered to be impractical for the average retail trader.” There are a lot of myths behind that assumption because of the huge margin associated with this strategy when done with synthetic stocks. We have developed a way around that that cuts the margin down substantially.
Depending on the technique chosen, the margins vary dramatically. Though this will still be a moderately high margin trade that ties up capital for a couple of hours, we usually get by with 10K in free cash being adequate. There is an even less expensive way to attack the trade that will require as little at $1,000 in margin, but it is also less “clean”, meaning it is not as strict of a definition of a Jelly Roll as the terminology would dictate.
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