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Member of the month award for July goes to @White_Oak This member is another example of a member who is taking very seriously our suggestion "learn the strategies and make them your own". His MRNA trade alone (along with other trade suggestions) makes him eligible to this award.

Thanks for the recognition. I sincerely appreciate the encouraging words from you @kim and from our fellow community members - now and every time. Becoming a member of SO community is an opportunity for all of us. One would only appreciate this, if one compares this with what we can and can not get even after spending tons of money. I had my share of many years of experience in searching for a miracle at the wrong side of the trading world. Finally, I have been looking for a system/group/"guru" who can help me to stick with the basic principles of options trading and show how to fish instead of feeding the fish itself. It is said that, "when a student is ready, the teacher appears" - for me, this is exactly what happened to me. I see SO recommendations like GNU - general public license, fully available open source code. It is upto the private companies to transform the linux code into a successful OS like Redhat. Similarly, SO alerts come with explanations and alternative options. Vast knowledge base in the form of blogs of the past 10 plus years of info is available to cross reference. It is up to us to interpret and make it useful. I think this is the key to the success of SO in general. For me, this is just the beginning. I am still making more mistakes compared to available opportunities. But, my commitment to learning is even more solid. My aim is to be upgraded as "Green Oak" one day, from my current status as "While Oak"! With "Green Oak" being a position of a seasoned trader who can make effortless trading decisions based on intuition and experience. Thanks again to all.

Wow, I didn't even know this was a thing. Thanks for making my day! As if this UNG trade wasn't enough to be smiling about. I'm honored, especially with so many amazing folks from whom I've learned a tremendous amount from -- shoutout to @TrustyJules for a few epic contributions this past month and for giving me a sobering expectation on a few of my own trades. Your BIIB trade was epic, and while I didn't get in on the trade regrettably, I did a nice followup with a calendar the day of the announcement. @Yowster for giving me greater confidence on my butterfly trades, and a more recent honorable mention to @Ringandpinion with whom I hope to collaborate on some future negative delta trades to help offset longs. I've got some things I've been working on with TOS API to aid in realtime Calendar and Butterfly spread analysis hope to share with community soon. As a veteran software engineer I could be doing a lot more to help this awesome community!