Understand the language
Calls and puts are explained without jargon, including why a put is protection, why a covered call caps upside, and what a put spread can and cannot do.
By Patrick Foster · Paperback, Kindle + Apple Books
Build Freedom on Purpose
A $100K Blueprint for Accelerating Retirement
A grounded guide to designing options income, protection, and a calmer relationship with capital. It is not about forcing a monthly number. It is about building a system that creates more choices over time.
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Clear options educationCalls, puts, collars, spreads, and tradeoffs in plain English.
Risk before returnProtection, reserves, sizing, and defined-risk structures come first.
Designed for real lifeWorked examples connect capital decisions to time, flexibility, and choice.
Inside the book
Start with the capital. Work toward the life.
The book follows a simple progression: understand the building blocks, build a protected account structure, then assess opportunities without pretending every month will look the same.
Build the account deliberately
Separate reserve cash, core exposure, income sleeves, and selective defined-risk ideas so one position is never asked to do every job.
Turn activity into a process
Use monthly reviews, cash-flow scenarios, cumulative cash-flow thinking, and clear rules for when to stay small or stand down.
The central idea
Do not make one trade carry the entire future.
Covered calls can generate premium, but premium alone is not retirement engineering. The framework pairs income with capital protection, reserve cash, and defined-risk structures so ambition has a foundation underneath it.
Income sleeveCovered calls and selective premium collection on exposure worth owning.
Protection sleeveCollars, puts, put spreads, and explicit damage limits when the cost is justified.
Reserve sleeveCash and collateral to buy time, absorb stress, and avoid desperate decisions.
Opportunity sleeveSmall, defined-risk ideas only when conditions support them.
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Build Freedom on Purpose
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Free companion resource
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A one-page framework for separating reserve cash, ownership, income, protection, and opportunity before one trade is placed.
Questions
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Is this investment advice?
No. The book is educational. It discusses options and risk concepts, but it does not provide personalized recommendations or guarantee results.
Who is the book for?
It is written for someone who wants a clearer way to think about a $100K account, income-oriented options, protection, and a more intentional path toward flexibility.