Why Your Financial Advisor Will Never Beat a Retired Market Maker

November 12th, 2025

Editor’s Note: Hannah nailed this one. The math is just brutal – 88% returns vs 12% for the typical FA. When she showed me Hans’ April numbers (zero losses while everyone else got massacred), I knew we had to get this out there. 

 

The Income Summit replay has been getting crazy traffic since people are finally seeing what actual market professionals do when they’re not constrained by compliance departments.

 

Check it out.

 

—Mark Sebastian

I’ve been watching this travesty for years.

 

Your financial advisor sits in his glass office showing you pie charts while collecting his 1.5% fee.

 

Meanwhile, a guy who used to make markets for a living just delivered 88% returns to a $10,000 account.

 

Same year. Same market. Completely different worlds.

The Underperformance Crisis

Fund managers had their worst year in decades versus the S&P 500.

 

The S&P is up over 15%. Your “professional” manager probably couldn’t even match that.

 

Yet they still charged you for this spectacular underperformance.

The Brutal Math

Your typical FA this year:

 

  • S&P 500 exposure with some bonds and gold
  • 13% gross return
  • Minus 1.5% fees and fund costs
  • Final result: 12% net

 

Hans Albrecht’s approach:

 

  • Income trades: 36% account growth
  • LEAP trades: 74% account growth
  • Turbo trades: 245% account growth
  • Final result: 88% net

 

Your FA’s “sophisticated risk management” got demolished by a retired guy working part-time.

The April Massacre

Remember that April bloodbath that made you sick looking at your statements?

 

Your FA: “Stay the course, think long-term” while your account was leaking.

 

Hans: Zero losses. Made money with defensive trades while everyone else got slaughtered.

91% Win Rate vs Cookie-Cutter Portfolios

Hans made 78 trades this year. Only 7 losers.

 

Why can’t your FA do this? Simple math:

 

  • He’s managing 150+ accounts with mandated allocations
  • Zero incentive to take risks (you’ll leave if he loses big)
  • Cookie-cutter 60/40 portfolio all year regardless of conditions

 

Hans uses his Market Temperature Indicator to time entries. When it shows “two full greens,” he goes aggressive:

 

Apple: 193% potential gain
Tesla: 244% on options
Microsoft: 203% profit

The Real Scam

Your FA needs your money sitting still collecting fees.

 

If you could beat his returns managing your own account, why would you pay him?

 

So he sells “professional management” while delivering index-minus-fees performance.

 

Hans just proved you can crush those returns. With a $10K account.

See The Proof

Hans recorded his complete breakdown during the Income Summit.

 

Shows the actual trades, the MTI signals, the three-bucket system that generated 88% returns while your FA delivered 12%.

 

He walks through the $10K account structure and proves you don’t need millions to build serious wealth.

 

Watch the Income Summit Replay

 

Your FA had his shot. Time to see what actual market professionals do with real money.

 

Hannah Selner,

Director of Product Development at Option Pit

P.S. Hans managed institutional money for decades under strict regulations. Now he’s retired and can show you exactly what works. The math doesn’t lie: 91% win rate, 88% account growth, zero April losses

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