Options Trading Signals & Trade Alerts (OTS)
Stop Losing Good Market Calls to Bad Execution.
For active options traders who are right about direction — and wrong about the trade
OTS is an options trading signals service led by Brian Benson, a strategist with more than 25 years of full-time market experience. Every options trade alert comes with the full plan: why the setup qualifies, which structure fits it, the strikes and expiration, the position size, and the exit logic. Brian then manages the trade openly, with follow-up alerts to take profits, adjust or close.
Most OTS trades are premium-selling structures, such as credit spreads, iron condors and other defined-risk setups that benefit from time decay and don’t need the stock to move far. When conditions favor direction, OTS uses calls, puts, spreads and diagonals instead. The aim is singles and doubles, not lottery tickets.
Brian Benson
Senior Technical Analyst & Chief Options Strategist
25+ Years
Full-time market experience
Full Trade
Setup through exit and lesson
Multiple Strategies
Follow the opportunity
Risk First
No trade when conditions do not justify it
You know the strategies. Why does the live trade still get messy?
You see the move. The stock or ETF behaves close to what you expected. Yet the option still disappoints because the entry was late, the expiration was wrong, implied volatility changed, the strikes were poorly chosen, or the position stayed open after the thesis weakened.
That is the options paradox: direction is only one vote. Timing, volatility, time decay, liquidity, structure, position size, and trade management still decide what the trade becomes.
The hardest part is not learning another strategy. It is making the next decision while real money is exposed and your mind is looking for relief.
Do any of these sound familiar?
I was right about direction and still lost money on the option.
I sold the winner early, then gave the loser more room.
I took another trade because I needed to get back to even.
None of this means you lack intelligence or experience. It means options compress several decisions into one position — and every decision becomes harder after fear, FOMO, pride, or the need to get even enters the trade.
One oversized loss can erase weeks of good trading.
Options magnify more than opportunity. They magnify weak sizing, poor structure, late entries, and emotional exits. OTS does not remove losses. It gives the trade a clearer plan before the loss becomes a personal battle.
See how a veteran options trader builds and manages the trade
Actionable opportunities. Multiple strategies. Risk defined before entry. Management after the alert. Recurring subscription in USD. Educational, impersonal research for self-directed traders. Risk of loss remains.
Calls, puts, Greeks, and spreads are easy to learn. Judgment is not.
Information is everywhere. You can find free explanations of credit spreads, iron condors, diagonals, covered calls, cash-secured puts, implied volatility, and position sizing in minutes.
What is harder to acquire is the experience to answer the questions that matter before and after entry: Is this a real setup? Which strategy fits it? Is the premium worth the risk? Where should the strikes be? How large should the position be? What changed? Should the trade be adjusted, closed, or left alone? Should you be trading at all?
New to options mechanics? Options Bootcamp teaches how an experienced trader evaluates, structures, manages and closes trades. It’s the foundation OTS builds on.
The Average Course
Teaches basic mechanics in a static vacuum, leaving you unprepared when volatility shifts in live market conditions.
Unexplained Options Trade Alerts
Delivers entry triggers with zero context, leaving you guessing when theta decay accelerates or an adjustment is required.
What the Best Options Alert Service Should Give You
Full-lifecycle transparency: the setup thesis, strike selection, position size, management as the trade develops, and a post-trade review. That’s the standard OTS is built to.
Every trade must earn its risk.
Across The Technical Traders, the broader Asset Revesting standard says exposure must earn its place. OTS applies that same protection-first discipline inside a faster, more complex options environment.
The question is not only, “Can this trade make money?” The harder question is, “Does this setup still deserve my risk capital?”
The position does not know you need to get even.
A losing trade is not a debt the market owes you. When the evidence changes, responsibility means protecting capital, accepting a manageable loss, and moving on to the next qualified opportunity.
Follow the evidence
Start with the market, sector, underlying, volatility, and setup — not the premium you want to collect.
Define the risk
Choose the structure, expiration, strikes, size, and exit logic before the position becomes emotional.
Manage positions
Take reasonable profits, manage or close weakening trades, and wait when no opportunity deserves capital.
The options chain comes last.
A tempting credit can make a weak setup look intelligent. OTS starts with the market and works toward the options structure — not the other way around.
Premium is not the opportunity. It is the price attached to one.
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Find the setup |
What is the market doing? Which sector, stock, or ETF presents a real opportunity? |
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Build the trade |
Which strategy, expiration, strikes, and position size best express the idea? |
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Manage the evidence |
What changed in price, volatility, time, liquidity, or the original thesis after entry? |
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Exit and learn |
Take profit, reduce risk, adjust when justified, close when the thesis fails, and carry the lesson forward. |
The strategy follows the opportunity. Depending on conditions, OTS can use premium-selling structures, directional calls or puts, spreads, calendars, diagonals, covered calls, cash-secured puts, iron condors, and other approved structures. Each has distinct risks, permissions, assignment mechanics, and loss profiles.
You should not have to solve every decision alone.
OTS combines the parts that are usually sold separately: actionable research, market context, trade management, education, risk discipline, and access to an experienced human trader.
What’s Included With OTS Options Trading Signals
| Options trade alerts | Each alert lists the underlying, strategy, strikes, expiration, entry price range, suggested position size and planned exit. Delivered by email & app and archived in the member area. |
| Weekly live coaching group call | Zoom meetings are held every Thursday, and replays are posted. |
| Ongoing trade management | Profit-taking, exits, thesis changes, risk reduction, and adjustments when the evidence supports them. |
| Strategy selection tools and education | Why one structure fits the setup better than another — including premium-selling and directional approaches. |
| Live mentoring | Current-market education and the ability to ask educational questions while the decisions are still relevant. |
| Member access and archive | A place to review alerts, research, videos, prior lessons, and Brian’s explanations over time. |
Sometimes the best trade is no trade.
OTS does not manufacture activity to satisfy a calendar. Opportunities can cluster. Other periods reward patience. Learning which trades to leave alone is part of the service.
That is where 25+ years of market experience start to matter.
Brian Benson is a Senior Technical Analyst & Chief Options Strategist at The Technical Traders with more than 25 years of full-time market experience across bull markets, bear markets, crashes, bubbles, volatility events, and changing economic cycles.
Before joining TTT, Brian built and operated an options education firm where he helped traders turn complex options concepts into practical processes. His approach is not built around one secret indicator or one favorite strategy. He weighs market trend, structure, support and resistance, relative strength, volatility, expected movement, liquidity, premium, probability, time to expiration, risk, and existing exposure.
Most importantly, he explains why. The market will keep teaching. OTS is designed to reduce the amount of tuition you pay for lessons that experience has already made clear.
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Market experience |
More than 25 years of full-time experience across bull markets, bear markets, crashes, and changing volatility regimes. |
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Options education |
Previously built and operated an options education firm focused on turning advanced concepts into practical decisions. |
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Role at TTT |
Senior Technical Analyst & Chief Options Strategist leading OTS research, trade management, education, and member interaction. |
“This video was very helpful, Brian. I appreciate understanding better how you choose and manage trades.”
— TTT member. Individual experience; not a typical-result claim.
Alerts get people in the door. The judgment is what members keep talking about.
Members repeatedly describe the same values: clearer analysis, education, accessibility, honesty, disciplined risk management, and the confidence that comes from understanding the reasoning behind the trade, not simply from receiving an entry.
One OTS experience. Three ways to join.
Every paid plan includes the core service: weekly research and video, options trade alerts, trade management, strategy education, and live mentoring.
The membership has a visible price. The cost of repeating the same trading mistakes is harder to calculate. OTS cannot promise to prevent a loss, make every trade profitable, or pay for itself. It gives you a more complete decision environment for the risks you have already chosen to take.
OTS is built for serious options traders. It will frustrate people who need constant action.
Discipline begins before the first trade. It begins with being honest about whether you want a process — or excitement disguised as a process.
OTS is a strong fit when you…
Know the basics of calls, puts, strikes, and expirations but still second-guess strategy selection or management.
Want actionable options trading signals and the reasoning behind them.
Can accept losing trades, controlled exits, and periods when the best trade is no trade.
Value position sizing, defined risk, selectivity, and learning from both winners and losers.
Have the availability and broker approval needed to act on and manage options positions.
OTS is the wrong fit when you…
Expect guaranteed profits, guaranteed income, or every trade to win.
Need constant alerts to feel the subscription is working.
Want speculative lottery tickets or a fast path from a tiny account to a fortune.
Refuse to accept manageable losses or use position sizing.
Want TTT or Brian to provide personalized portfolio management or suitability advice.
The questions a serious options trader should ask before joining
The Next Trade Will Still Be Uncertain. Your Process Does Not Have To Be.
Plenty of traders use an options trading newsletter as a tip sheet: take the alert, hope, repeat. OTS is built for traders who treat options as a business of risk and probability. Whether you want a steady premium selling options service or guidance that adapts across market cycles, you get the reasoning behind every position, not just the ticker.
There will always be another strategy to learn, another stock moving today, and another voice telling you this is the trade you cannot miss. The skill that changes a trading career is not reacting faster to everything. It is knowing what deserves action, what deserves patience, and what no longer deserves your risk.
OTS was built for traders who want to see that decision process in real time: the setup, the strategy, the risk, the entry, the management, the exit, and the lesson.
You will still have losing trades. You will still face uncertainty. Options do not stop being risky because you joined a newsletter. But you do not have to build every trade from scratch, improvise every adjustment alone, or depend on a mystery alert with no reasoning behind it.
Trade with a plan before pressure makes the decision.
Join OTS and follow Brian Benson through the complete options trade lifecycle.
Recurring subscription in USD. Educational, impersonal research for self-directed traders. Risk of loss remains.
You Can Cancel Your Renewal Anytime.
Canceling stops your next renewal. It does not refund your current membership term.
For annual plans, we send a renewal reminder about 45 days before your renewal date. You can manage your renewal through your account or contact Support@TheTechnicalTraders.com for help.
If OTS is no longer valuable to you, cancel the renewal. You will continue to have access through the end of the membership term you already purchased.
I don’t want you joining because you feel pressured. Join because you understand the process, accept that options trading means taking some losses along the way, and want this standard applied to the risk you already take.
— Brian Benson
If that sounds like you, you are ready.
P.S. — Do not just get the trade. Understand the trade.
The entry is only the beginning; management is where the real value of experience becomes visible.
New to options mechanics? Start with Options Bootcamp as a foundation, then step up to OTS.
