The AI-Powered Wheel โ€” Free Live Class | Options Income Academy
Options Income Academy

Free Live Online Class ยท Saturday, Aug 29

The AI-Powered Wheel

The income strategy โ€” and the AI workflow that runs it

Most people can see that AI is going to matter in their financial life. Very few have actually sat down and used it on their own money. That's what this hour is for โ€” and we'll start somewhere familiar, with the Wheel.

When Sat Aug 29 ยท 8โ€“9am PT / 11am ET
Format Live + Recording
Includes Live prompt demo + Q&A

No cost. No AI subscription needed โ€” the prompts work on the free tiers of Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini.

The Wheel โ€” And Where AI Does the Work

1Sell a cash-secured put

AI screens the field โ†’ shortlist, strike, days out

2Get assigned the shares

AI weighs the roll: take assignment, or roll out in time

3Sell a covered call

AI reads your holdings, flags earnings, ranks the strikes

โ†ปCalled away โ€” start again

You keep the judgment. AI keeps the busywork.

Why AI Belongs Here

An Entire Weekend, In About 90 Seconds

Finding a single Wheel candidate means running the same six errands by hand, per ticker, then repeating for the next one. It's slow, it's easy to get wrong, and it's the real reason people who understand the Wheel perfectly well never run it consistently.

By hand, per ticker A weekend
  • Check earnings dates
  • Check dividend dates
  • Scan option chains for where the premium is
  • Cross-reference liquidity and bid-ask spreads
  • Read where the stock sits in its chart pattern
  • Compare a dozen candidates side by side
With one prompt ~90 seconds

All six, weighed together, and handed back as a shortlist that fits the criteria you set.

It isn't that AI is smarter than you. It's that it can weigh hundreds of variables at once in a way no human sitting at a screen realistically can.

Your job, every time

Run the prompt โ†’ review the output โ†’ check it against what you actually asked for โ†’ decide what you'd genuinely want to own โ†’ place the trade.

In This Live Class

Two Objectives, Weighted Equally

Most classes on the Wheel teach you a strategy. This one also teaches you a skill you'll keep using long after the class ends.

OBJECTIVE 01

Learn the Wheel properly

The full cycle, not the highlight reel โ€” and how to measure honestly what a position actually did, not just the premium you collected.

OBJECTIVE 02

Learn to use AI on your own money

Not "AI is amazing." Sitting down, writing a prompt, and getting a real, usable answer about your own account โ€” a skill that transfers well past the Wheel.

What we cover in the 60 minutes

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The full loop โ€” cash-secured put, assignment, covered call, called away, repeat. In plain language.

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A live prompt run โ€” blank input to shortlist, on screen, while I narrate what it's weighing and why.

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How to read the output โ€” checking what came back against what you actually asked for, and when to distrust it.

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Where to change the prompt โ€” the exact lines that hold my criteria, and how to swap in yours.

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Strikes and expirations โ€” how the choice changes the risk you're actually taking.

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When it goes against you โ€” adjusting and rolling before you're forced into it, plus sizing so one position can't undo the rest.

How It Works

The Four Turns of the Wheel

One repeatable cycle. At every turn there's a comparison problem underneath it โ€” which is exactly the part a machine is good at.

STEP 01

Sell a Cash-Secured Put

Get paid premium upfront to agree to buy a quality stock at a price you already like โ€” instead of leaving a resting order and waiting for free.

AI: narrows thousands of symbols to a shortlist, then finds the strike and expiration worth taking.

STEP 02

Get Assigned (or Not)

If the stock holds up you keep the premium and do it again. If it dips you buy shares you already wanted, at your price, with premium already collected. Assignment is the plan working โ€” not the failure case.

AI: weighs taking assignment against rolling the put out in time, and what each costs.

STEP 03

Sell a Covered Call

You own the shares. Now get paid again for agreeing to sell them at a price you'd be glad to take โ€” lowering your cost basis every time.

AI: reads your holdings, finds what's optionable, flags earnings in your window, ranks the strikes.

STEP 04

Called Away โ€” Start Again

The shares go, you're flat, and you choose: same symbol again, or rotate. Rinse, wash, and repeat.

And the honest part: premium collected is only half the scorecard. The other half is what the shares actually did.

If AI Makes You Nervous

You Cannot Break It

This is the thing that stops people โ€” especially anyone who didn't grow up with this stuff. So let me take it off the table.

Take a prompt. Change the rules however you like. Paste it in. See what comes out. Nothing happens. It isn't connected to your brokerage account, it can't place a trade, and it doesn't touch your money. It gives you data โ€” which you then look at, question, and analyze yourself.

This is a conversation, not a trading account.

No Broker Access
The prompts can't connect to your account or place an order
Private to You
Whatever you put in stays between you and your AI โ€” I never see it
Free Tiers Work
Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini โ€” no subscription required
Bring a Laptop
Follow along in your own window while I explain what it's doing

Straight Talk

This Class Is Probably Wrong For You Ifโ€ฆ

I'd rather lose the seat than waste your Saturday.

โ€ฆyou want the AI to trade for you

It doesn't, and mine can't. A good prompt will regularly tell you not to trade โ€” that the premium isn't worth the price you named. That's the tool doing its job.

โ€ฆyou don't have the capital

Each put represents 100 shares, and cash-secured means the money to buy them is genuinely there. On a $40 stock that's $4,000 set aside. No prompt fixes that.

โ€ฆyou want fast

Small premiums, collected repeatedly, on companies you'd hold anyway. And sooner or later you get assigned โ€” if holding shares through a drawdown makes you want to bail, this will hurt.

Still here? Then you're who I built this for โ€” someone willing to own good companies, get paid to wait, and pick up a tool that's useful well past options.

From Members

What Traders Say About Learning With Steve

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"Coach Steve Ganz breaks down complex trades into clear, step-by-step lessons, explaining not just how to place each trade but why every strike, expiration and adjustment makes sense."

Jens D. ยท Options Trader
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"I wanted to find a professional from whom I could learn how to consistently produce income. Steve has been such a huge source of inspiration for me and I've learned so much from watching your content."

JD ยท Options Trader
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"From the outset, I have experienced consistent profitability. The instructional videos accompanying each alert are clear and easy to follow. Steve's commitment to a detailed explanation for every trade has proven invaluable."

Maria Isabel ยท Options Trader
Steve Ganz, founder of Options Income Academy

Meet Your Instructor

Steve Ganz

Thirty years of options experience, and two years of pointing AI at it.

Steve brings over three decades of hands-on experience across stocks, commodities, futures, indexes, and options. An adept educator, he has led live trading sessions and taught on platforms including Aeromir, OptionAlpha, OptionStrat, and Online Trading Academy.

A couple of years ago he started handing his own brokerage statements to AI to see what it would find. What came back reshaped how he runs his IRA โ€” and turned into the workflow he teaches now. He's used Gemini and ChatGPT, and currently works mostly in Claude.

Through Options Income Academy, Steve is building a community where traders grow in skill and confidence โ€” starting with approachable, foundational strategies like the Wheel.

Reserve My Seat

Free Live Online Class

Save Your Seat for the AI-Powered Wheel

Saturday, August 29 ยท 8โ€“9am PT / 11am ET. Enter your email to reserve your spot โ€” you'll get the live link plus the recording, so you won't miss anything even if you can't make it live.

Free tier of any major AI is fine. Bring a laptop if you can.

After the Class

The Full Course

The complete AI-Powered Wheel course is open now at a pre-launch price that ends Sunday, August 31. First content drops on September 1, and it includes a full year in the AI Wheel community.

Thirty-day guarantee, no questions asked.

See What's In It โ†’

You don't need to buy anything to attend Saturday. The class is free and stays free, recording included.

Important Disclosures

Risk disclosure. Options trading involves substantial risk and is not suitable for all investors. Selling cash-secured puts obligates you to purchase shares which may decline in value; selling covered calls caps your upside. Assignment, opportunity cost and loss are all possible outcomes. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

Education, not advice. Options Income Academy provides trading education and market commentary only. Steve Ganz is not a licensed investment advisor. Nothing in this class or on this page is investment, financial, legal, or tax advice, and no content constitutes a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Consult a licensed financial professional about your particular situation before trading.

About AI output. Any output produced by an AI prompt is information for you to evaluate and verify independently. It is not a recommendation, a signal, or investment advice, and it may be incomplete or incorrect. The prompts discussed do not connect to any brokerage account and cannot place trades. You remain solely responsible for every trading decision you make.

Results vary. Testimonials reflect the individual experiences of specific members, are not typical, are not a promise of performance, and should not be interpreted as the average or expected outcome. Many traders lose money.