Matthew “Whiz” Buckley — TOPGUN Fighter Pilot | Wall Street Managing Director

See What A TOPGUN Fighter Pilot Uses To Dogfight The Market For Max Profit

Fighter pilots don’t fly from memory. Before every launch off the carrier we ran a checklist — every switch, every contingency, every abort criteria — because in the cockpit the difference between a good day and a smoking hole is discipline under pressure.

I trade the exact same way. This is the checklist I actually fly with: 30 tactics, entry rules, risk parameters, profit targets and eject criteria for every single one — plus the 7-step trade plan I brief before every position goes on.

Navy F/A-18 Hornet pilot — TOPGUN graduate
Wall Street Managing Director — multibillion-dollar options firm, CBOT building
Founder & CEO — TOPGUN Options

All 30 tactics — primary, intermediate and advanced
Max gain, max loss and break-even for every position
Entry rules and risk parameters — strikes, DTE, IV conditions
Profit targets and eject criteria on every tactic page
The 7-step trade plan with a full worked example
Greeks quick reference and the TOPGUN Options glossary

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Every Pilot Carries A Pocket Checklist

In the Hornet it lives in your flight suit pocket, right on your thigh. It is not there because you forgot how to fly. It is there because the moment things get fast and loud — and they always get fast and loud — memory is the first thing that goes.

You do not rise to the occasion. You fall back on your training. So you build the procedure when you are calm on the ground, and when the situation goes sideways at 500 knots, you reach for the card instead of guessing.

Markets do the same thing to traders that a bad night trap does to pilots. Everything speeds up, and the guy without a procedure starts improvising with real money.

The OPCL is that card, built for the market. Thirty tactics, one page each, in the same format we used in the cockpit: what the setup is, what you need to see before you commit, what the trade can make, what it can lose, where you take profit, and what has to happen before you pull the handle and get out.

Matthew Whiz Buckley in the cockpit of an F/A-18 Hornet

Same discipline. Different cockpit.

Two Documents. Both Yours, Free.

Document One

Options Pocket Checklist

30 tactics — primary, intermediate and advanced, one page each
Max profit, max risk and break-even spelled out on every single tactic
Commit criteria — what has to be true before the trade goes on
Profit targets and eject criteria for each position
Theta and vega behavior so you know what time and volatility do to you
Greeks quick reference and the full TOPGUN Options glossary

Document Two

The TOPGUN Options Trade Plan

The 7-step trade plan we brief before any position goes on
A full worked example from thesis through exit, start to finish
Position sizing and risk-to-reward minimums — the numbers that keep you alive
The target universe we actually fly: AI infrastructure and power, psychedelic biotech, defense and the index
Red Team, Re-Attack and Debrief — how to pressure-test a trade before it costs you, and what to do after it does

Pilot In Command. Trader In Command.

A checklist does not fly the jet. You do. The card exists so that every contingency is briefed before the launch, and when the warning light comes on you are making a decision instead of a panic move. That is the whole difference between a professional and a gambler.

The Setup

What the market has to be doing for this tactic to make sense

Commit Criteria

The specific conditions required before you put money on the table

The Numbers

Max profit, max risk and break-even, known cold at entry

Mid-Course Guidance

Where you take profit, and the warning light that says reassess

Matthew Whiz Buckley trading at the Chicago Board of Trade

Chicago Board of Trade — same procedure, new mission.

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“Trading is a form of combat. There’s a winner and there’s a loser.
What side are you on?”

Fight’s On,

Matthew “Whiz” Buckley

CEO, TOPGUN Options | Wall Street Managing Director | TOPGUN Fighter Pilot
President, No Fallen Heroes Foundation | Founder, Sacred Warrior Fellowship