Why I Left the Chicago Pits to Teach YOU How to Trade VIEW IN BROWSER
BY JONATHAN ROSE, FOUNDER, MASTERS IN TRADING The smell hit me first: sweat, paper, and burnt coffee. Then came the sound. A wall of voices shouting bids and offers. Phones ringing. Bells clanging. Paper tickets spinning through the air like confetti at a riot. The whole floor pulsed like a living organism — loud, frantic, and intoxicating. My first day on floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) is seared into my memory. It’s the largest futures exchange in the world — where billions of dollars change hands every day, and fortunes are made and lost in seconds. I had just graduated from the University of Miami. But I wasn’t chasing an office job with a cubicle and a steady paycheck. I wanted to be the master of my own destiny. I wanted to be a trader. So in the summer of 1997, I walked into the pit for the first time — the fabled floor of the CME. I was just 22 years old. But I was trading shoulder to shoulder with guys who’d been doing this longer than I’d been alive. My stomach was a knot. My tie was a little too tight. But I knew I was exactly where I wanted to be. It’s where I learned to ignore what most people pay attention to — and focus instead on a hidden market most folks don’t even know exists. It’s helped members of my community of apprentice traders double their account in less than 12 months. And in one of my trading advisories, it’s helped me close 49 winning trades with an average gain of 267% and score wins as high as 2,785% in just 26 days. Today, I’ll show you the simple shift that made it possible — and show you how to join me for the next big trade I’m tracking. The Hardest Year of My Life My first year in the pit was the hardest year of my life. If you’ve seen the Eddie Murphy movie Trading Places, you’ve seen the noise and the hand signals — what I lived every single day. 
Floor traders in different-colored jackets in the CME trading pit shouting out orders I was trading futures — contracts that let you bet on where the market’s headed without ever owning the stocks. This was near the height of the dot-com boom. I watched guys make more in a week than most people make in a lifetime. Meantime, I was that rookie making all the wrong moves — no big wins, just mounting frustration. As I later learned, it wasn’t bad luck. It was a symptom of a losing approach. The Secret Hidden in Plain Sight Things only started to click when I stopped pretending I knew everything and started listening. I bought rounds of coffee and donuts just to steal a few minutes with the veteran traders. And one day, I spotted something that changed my life. A mismatch — a tiny price gap between what was happening in the pit and what was flashing on the new electronic trading screens that had just been installed. It was a crack in the system. And I realized I could exploit it without predicting anything. No need to guess interest rates, jobs data, or the Fed’s next move — just react to what was in front of me. Suddenly, I was making $5,000, $10,000, even $15,000 a day. By the end of the year, I’d turned my $315,000 account into more than $1.2 million. That’s when I learned a truth I’ve never forgotten. Success doesn’t come from guessing the next move — it comes from reacting to what’s already happening, faster and sharper than everyone else. It’s what launched a career most traders can only dream of. From Trading Floor to C-Suite When I was 33, one of Chicago’s top trading firms headhunted me to become Director of Trading. My job was to manage risk for the firm, with dozens of traders under my supervision. I made small fortunes during the toughest markets in history — including $2.3 million in 2007 and $4 million in 2008, while the S&P 500 was getting cut in half. Then, after training for and finishing an Ironman triathlon, I rented a seat on the floor of the world’s largest options exchange, the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and became a market maker. I wasn’t chasing the next home-run trade. I was keeping the market liquid, trading stocks to profit from the tiny spread between the prices buyers were bidding and what sellers were asking. But it wasn’t until 2015 that I found my true passion — showing regular investors how to trade like the pros. Passing the Torch I launched my Masters in Trading business teach the systems and mindset I learned over two decades in the trenches. I built a community where apprentice traders strip away the noise and focus on what works: strategy, structure, and execution. Hundreds have gone through my program—some went on to trade full-time; others launched their own firms. But what drives me most is that “aha” moment when someone realizes, “I can actually do this.” One of my favorite stories is from a member named Mycha. He’d never traded before joining my program. But he came in with an open mind and a notebook full of questions. Within three months, he was booking gains of 710% and 2,850% on trades he never would’ve taken before. 
Or take another community member called Brian, a father who faced more than $700,000 in unexpected medical bills. He committed $200,000 to my strategy and doubled it in under a year. 
I’ve had other members who started new to trading and doubled six-figure accounts in less than a year. And since I launched my Advanced Notice trading advisory in 2024, we’ve closed 49 winning trades with an average gain of 267%. And the average hold time was just 36 days. How do I do it? By applying the same lesson I learned on those noisy trading floors. Instead of trying to guess where the market is headed, I react to what the pros are already doing. At Advanced Notice, I look for when deep-pocketed traders place big bets in the options market — often before the underlying stock moves. Think of it as reading the hidden footprints of Wall Street’s smartest traders. When I see a surge of unusual options activity, I make sure it’s the real deal based on the instincts I honed on the floor — and take a small, risk-controlled position. Then I aim to cash out fast, usually within a few days to a few weeks. It’s how I recommend winning trades like: - AI stock C3.ai (AI), which I closed for a 462% gain.
- Lithium producer Albemarle (ALB), which I closed out for a 959% gain.
- Rare-earth miner MP Materials (MP), which I closed out for a 1,234% gain.
Again, I’m not predicting the future. I’m simply following the real money in real time. Now I want to show you how to do it, too. Next Monday, Nov. 10, at 1 p.m. ET I’m hosting my Profit Surge Event — where I’ll reveal the setup I’m calling the Trade of the Decade. It’s the same kind of pattern I used to target those 10-bagger wins on MP and ALB. If you’ve ever wanted to trade with the confidence of a floor veteran — without the chaos, the caffeine, or the knot in your stomach — this is your moment. Use this link to RSVP. Remember, the creative trader wins.  Jonathan Rose
Founder, Masters in Trading P.S. Ahead of my live webinar Monday – I want you to feel empowered to trade the same insights I do daily. Not only does my own system detect a surge of unusual activity… my colleagues at InvestorPlace help point me to the right companies to monitor in the first place. And you’ll get three of our free stock picks immediately for signing up. Then I can show you how my trading system can amplify the gains on stocks like this… sometimes by 10X or more. I’ll share a free pick at The Profit Surge Event just to thank you for your time in hearing me out. Click here to reserve your free seat while they are available. In Case You Missed It 
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