Using “cadence” in your trading…
One of the biggest mistakes I see traders make?
They rush.
They find a strategy, they see a couple of wins, and they dive in headfirst trying to go from 0 to 100 overnight.
But one of the most common things I tell my traders is to use “cadence” in their trading.
What does that mean?
Well, if I stack up 50 trades today using the Income Machine, all 50 are subject to the exact same market conditions.
Meaning if Trump does something crazy, I have 50 positions that are all going to be in harm’s way.
And if they all have the same expiration date, yikes, I need the entire market to cooperate on the same timeline to bail me out.
At the same time, if I put two trades on today with a July expiration…
Two next week with an early August expiration…
Two more the following week with a mid August expiration and so on…
Not only do the trades avoid being in the same “bucket” of risk as far as the market goes, but I organically fluctuate with the market.
If the market is going down, I am organically trading at better prices.
If the market goes up, I am organically getting profits and stacking my account.
And I also continue to organically give myself more time with each position so that I don’t have a whole bunch of positions that all need a certain day or week to be “good” for the markets – that’s a lot more like a gamble than a trading system.
The simple use of “cadence” in how you deploy your capital goes a long way.
Right now, we’ve got several active trades running inside the Income Machine. Some are short-dated spreads. Some are slightly longer holds. All of them are structured around the same goal:
✅ Known risk
✅ Defined reward
✅ Room for error (cushion)
✅ Line in the sand
But more importantly… they’re part of a portfolio. Not a roulette table.
My approach os never going to be a “fire off a few trades and hope for the best” methodology.
It’s a process — one where every trade builds on the next. Small wins add up. Edges compound. And before you know it, you’re looking at a portfolio that’s doing exactly what you wanted: working for you.
Here’s what that looks like right now:
👉 We’ve got trades on names like Apple, Honeywell, and JPMorgan — all structured with plenty of cushion and short hold times.
👉 We’re using debit spreads — not because they’re fancy, but because they give us the right blend of risk control and profit potential.
👉 And we’re using cadence – trades with different entry ranges and different expirations so we have a mix of “profiles” in the open positions.
That last one is key.
Because the truth is, trading over time isn’t about nailing any given trade, it’s about a process that actually adds a net profitable edge to your trading.
So if you’ve ever been tempted to “Catch up” with a big trade, go “all in” with one you like, or even just splatter the market with a ton of new positions at once…
I’d consider cadence. Both in your allocation and your timing.
Hope this helps,
— Nate Tucci
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