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I subscribed to InsideOptions in 2025 encourage by an article written in Wall Street touting David Chau as Captain IronCondor. I believe WSJ article did not do a good job of emphasizing the gambling aspect of the service. I did not realize I had signed up a discredited Martingale gambling strategy. Their sales person painted such a rosy picture. As soon as I realized that I had unintentionally signed up for a gambling strategy system and started to lose money following their recommended trades, I asked for a refund. Of course David Chau declined my request since since I had not followed all of the recommended trades…The strategy required me to double/triple up my stakes after each losing trade until I make up all my losses or lose all of my capital and more. That is not what I understood the game to be. During the Christmas debacle when many of the subscribers lost a boatload of money, I started to talk about their losing strategy on their site making other subscribers understand the risk they are taking with their capital if they continue to play the game. Some subscribers contacted me directly and I was saddened to see how naive they were in the world of investing. They were clueless. Seeing that I was writing negatively on their site questioning their strategy, David Chau’s team kicked me off their site and finally agreed to refund my subscription fee of $5,500; it took them longer than what would be reasonable to issue the refund. My net loss of capital is all that I was left with. While I can say it was my fault for not fully understanding what I was signing up for, but WSJ should not have provided such glowing coverage for a gambling strategy. I contacted WSJ reporter who wrote the article to do a followup article to warn their readers of pitfalls of the service. The reporter suggested that there would be a follow up but I have not any come through yet. The moral of the story is do your homework. If you are a gambler, go to a gambling den knowing fully well that you may lose it all if your binary bets don’t pan out. Good luck!

I was an Inside Options member for two years. During that time I paid approximately $10,000 in membership fees and lost about $26,000 in trading capital following the strategy. Looking back, I would have been significantly better off simply investing that same money in an S&P 500 index fund. The strategy appears to generate small, consistent profits with a high win rate. The problem is that when the low-probability event finally happens, you lose everything Before joining, understand the real cost: • Membership: roughly $5,000-$7,000 per year • Recommended trading capital: at least $26,000 • Total commitment: over $30,000 • Inside Options Members Negative -50 million •Return on two years Negative -$36,000 Inside options could careless abut your loss. Before making a decision, I also recommend reading the reporting about the Captain Condor / Inside Options losses, including the widely reported approximately $50 million trading collapse involving members following the strategy. (marketwatch.com)

I subscribed to David Chau’s Inside Options program and had a deeply negative experience. The service cost $5,000 per year, with an additional $3,000 per year for the Infolytics add‑on. Despite the high price, the guidance provided was minimal, unclear, and far below what was promised. Over the last six months, the program suffered three major blowouts, resulting in severe losses for many subscribers, including myself. Several members reported losing their entire life savings. When losses mounted, David Chau promised recovery trades, but those only made the situation worse. When I tried to discuss these issues openly with other members in the Slack group, my messages were blocked and my access was removed. I received no refund, no explanation, and no accountability. Based on my experience, I strongly advise others to stay away from this program.

I joined Inside Options in May 2025. At first, I made some money and thought the system worked. Then the Christmas disaster happened, and my account was completely wiped out. What disappointed me most wasn’t even the loss itself — trading involves risk. It was how the company handled it afterward. Many members were heavily impacted, yet there was no real recovery plan, no accountability, and no meaningful support for people who lost large amounts of money following their guidance. During the Christmas massacre, the team continued encouraging members to stay in the trade and didn’t tell anyone that their (count) levels were off. At the time, I was an inexperienced trader and trusted the system and leadership. Looking back now, the strategy itself is not unique or sophisticated. It’s essentially martingale-style management around 20 delta options — information and strategies you can learn for free with enough research. For a service charging around $6,500 per year, I expected far more transparency, leadership, and risk management. Another major red flag: after the Christmas losses, the entire atmosphere changed. David became mostly absent, and the group now appears to be run by only one or two others. Communication and leadership feel very different from when I originally joined. To make matters worse, I was removed from the group a week before my contract even expired. After everything that happened, that was incredibly disappointing. Do your homework before spending money here. I honestly don’t understand how they have recent positive reviews when there are also many unhappy former members. My experience after the Christmas losses completely changed my opinion of Inside Options. Save your money and learn independently before paying thousands for this service.

not following any risk management wiped out everything, so be careful who joins

Don't do it... Just don't. Please read everything below and these other reviews before making a decision to join. They aren't being dramatic and they aren't deranged former members. I lived it and am still living it now. I was a member for 3 years. December 2025 is not the first time this "system" didn't work. They added an additional subscription to perform "long" trades or reverse Iron Condors and in early 2025 I lost a large deal of money through that program. Same system of 5 levels, but for an outside day with the 20 Delta. I followed the "risk calculator" to the T, but the response from David is that I over leveraged. The blamed was turned back on me immediately. Come to find out, the incorrect strikes had been sent out causing a wider range and in turn put our positions at a larger risk. The response, "we will have to take a look at the bot to see what went wrong." No follow-up or explanation for their mess up which caused thousands of dollars in personal losses. According to their strategy, I was following what was taught and instructed, but it was their system and alerts that I paid extra for that failed. When I would bring this up in the chats, I was threatened with removal from the program in total. So, I decided to allow them to sensor my voice and my judgment of them and remained quiet in the chats. My 1st mistake. Fast forward to December 2025. Multiple people within the group had noticed that strikes were tighter and the premiums were lower. Inside days were becoming very hard to achieve and often closing within the last 5 minutes of the day. A VERY stressful situation most of the time. LOTS of complaints that the risk had been higher and the premiums had been lower. In previous experiences, adjustments were made and closing the trade early to book small profit or to mitigate loss was conducted. However, David stopped doing that and we were told to "trust the system" and that doing early closing is a "double edge sword". The system is to trade your account size and to plan for 6 levels. That level 6 landed on Christmas Eve 2025 and it failed in a so called "fail proof" system. During that day when people were requesting for guidance to possibly close out early, mitigate losses, etc. there was COMPLETE silence from leadership. No guidance. Not a single response back. About an hour after the trading day closed, majority of the group either blew up their accounts or lost a very large portion, there was finally a response from David. What was it you may ask? "The team is meeting to discuss our next steps." Okay I will wait to see if there is some sort of explanation or guidance from here. Once we finally hear back at 7pm at night, it isn't about refunding memberships, helping members who lost everything, guidance on "where to go from here", It was, "whoever still trusts the system and wants to continue in the group, we are taking a break until January and will reconvene to evaluate any adjustments that need to be made." In other words, the leadership who has made a ton of money off membership fees is going to go enjoy their holiday while those who lost everything are SOL. Hindsight is 20-20 and I really wish I would have noticed and trusted the signs within the market in months prior and started moving my investment elsewhere. David's program changed my life in a very negative way and I know there are many others who feel the same. I can take responsibility for my own decisions and I admit that chose to trade his alerts. Anybody who is debating on joining this group, please do yourself a favor and keep moving along. It will save you a ton of stress and heartache in the future. Find your own style of trading and don't follow somebody like David with trust in a "system" unless you are willing to lose a lot of money and have a lot of sleepless nights.

I joined in the SPX program for a year and a half. It was an amazing experience to be able to earn 10% a month with just 10 minutes of daily work. But this approach is quite dangerous, and on December 24, 2025, everyone lost a lot of money. My entire account was gone, and the management team showed little concern for the users. David Chau did not even reply to my message when I contacted him. After paying a $6000 annual subscription, I lost everything, making this one of the worst programs I have ever participated in. If you do not want to lose your entire AC, do not join this program.

David made so many members loose money due to his incompentence and their accounts go wiped out. don't fall for this trade strategy unless your willing to have sleepless nights and lose all your funds