About Erik Epp

Growing up on a farm taught me discipline, the value of hard work and appreciation for seasonal timing and the market forces of supply and demand.  Upon graduating with Honours from High School I joined the military and served in a Special Forces Unit and later as an Intelligence Analyst in the Air Force where I learned not just the power of analysis but also the importance of timing and probabilities.

In 1988 I came into the world of finance, after switching careers due to a major injury from service in the electronics world (Xerox, where I won two awards for innovation).  I graduated with Honors in Accounting and Finance in 1988 and was hired as an Internal Auditor for TD Bank.  It was while being a part of an audit team of TD Greenline (later to become TD Waterhouse) that I decided to switch to investing/trading, specializing in options. I also taught accounting, finance, and investing at several colleges, pursued my own education and worked with other brokerage firms and on the floor of a stock exchange.

I completed all the necessary courses and licensing requirements to become a fully-qualified licensed Branch Manger for securities, commodities and futures.  I currently hold a Ph.D. (Finance) and an RPA (Registered Public Accountant) designation.

As I became more passionate and knowledgeable about trading, I began developing my own unique analytical systems for options trading. In 2003 I started writing and analyzing options trading strategies for a small publication.  In 2007 I moved on to become the chief editor for a different group of publications and in 2009 the chief Editor for K.I.S.S. Options.

As editor of K.I.S.S. Options, my goal is to provide individual options investors with suggestions that result in consistent steady returns that reflect honest reporting that are net-of costs and based on worst-case scenario. I believe results speak louder than words and prove my worth with my results better than the alphabet soup of letters behind my name.  My options trading methodology is based on two guiding principles:

1. Keeping It Smart and Simple (K.I.S.S.)

2. Stick to my own analyses and calculations and ignore all the “hype”, “noise” and “hoopla”, which in most cases are nothing more than just that.

- Erik Epp