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How Options Trading Led this Engineer to Financial Independence in His 30s

Update: 2024-12-01

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How can a hobby turn into a second career and lead to financial independence before 40? In this episode, Jason talks with David Sun, an electrical engineer who stumbled into options trading after hearing about it from a fellow grad student. Only ten years later he launched his first hedge fund. Now in his mid-30s, David shares the keys to his success, as well as his thoughts on the role of options trading in a FIRE portfolio. Be sure to check out the show notes linked below for all the key resources shared in this conversation.

Show notes: https://twosidesoffi.com/davidsun

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How Options Trading Led this Engineer to Financial Independence in His 30s

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