Score The Market Before You Trade™
Learn Trading the way Institutions trade them
A three-level program that takes you from market basics to professional-grade options trading, built on institutional frameworks and the OptionScore scoring system.
It's not a knowledge gap.
It's a framework gap.
Most retail traders learn options as a speculation tool. Institutions treat them as risk instruments, scoring the environment before they ever take a position.
OptionScore Academy bridges that gap. We teach the institutional frameworks risk desks and prop firms actually use, adapted for Indian F&O markets, paired with real execution and the OptionScore market-scoring system.
retail options traders in India lose money
Source: SEBI study on individual F&O traders
Our entire curriculum is built to put you in the other 10%, through process, not prediction.
Built On Three Pillars
Every module sits on the same foundation: institutional thinking, real execution, and a scoring system that comes before the trade.
Institutional Frameworks
How risk desks, market makers, and prop firms actually think about options, risk, and portfolios. Covers Greeks, volatility, and portfolio construction.
Active Execution
How institutional thinking translates into real Indian retail trades. Broker mechanics, taxation, live trading rooms, option playbooks, and trade management.
The OptionScore System
A market-scoring engine that classifies regime, structure, volatility, liquidity, and positioning before any trade. You score the market first, then act.
Three Levels, One Journey
Start as a beginner and finish trading like a professional. Take a single level on its own, or the full program as a bundle.
Level 1
12 modulesBeginner: Stocks
Market literacy & risk foundation before you touch options.
Level 2
15 modulesIntermediate: Options Foundation
Where options become a real instrument, not a lottery ticket.
Level 3
13 modulesAdvanced: Options Pro
Trade options the way institutions manage risk, adapted for Indian F&O.
Full Program Bundle
All three levels + every bonus. The complete journey, beginner to professional.
Save ₹10,999 vs buying levels separately
Module 0 · 4 hrs · 2 sessions · Mandatory
The Professional Trader Mindset
Delivered before any technical content begins. The trainer's 24-year journey, how professionals think differently, and why OptionScore exists. It starts with the right mental frame, not a strategy.
- The 24-year journey: institutions, World Bank years, markets traded, and the mistakes that taught the most
- How professionals frame opportunities, losses, and the trades they skip
- Why institutions never trade without scoring the environment first
- The conviction-before-execution principle the whole academy is built on
Every Module, Mapped Out
41 modules across three levels, from market structure to building your own scoring system. Expand each level to see what's inside.
The market literacy and risk foundation every trader needs before touching options.
- 1.1Introduction to Indian Financial Markets2 hrs
- 1.2Broker Setup & Platform Mastery2 hrs
- 1.3Chart Reading Foundations3 hrs
- 1.4Technical Analysis Essentials3 hrs
- 1.5OptionScore Foundations: How The Score Works4 hrs
- 1.6Why 9 Out of 10 Retail Traders Lose2 hrs
- 1.7Risk Management Foundations3 hrs
- 1.8Trading Psychology Basics2 hrs
- 1.9OptionScore Philosophy in Practice2 hrs
- 1.10Building Your First Trading Plan3 hrs
- 1.11Paper-Trading Discipline2 hrs
- 1.12Final Project & Level 1 Certification4 hrs
The Cohort Rhythm
3 live sessions per week: 2 teaching sessions (90 min) + 1 live trading room (60 min)
All sessions recorded. Students retain lifetime access
Weekly assignments with practical exercises and faculty review
Private, moderated, faculty-active community
End-of-level project with gated certification
Time commitment: 6 to 8 hours per week (live + self-paced)
Earn Your Credentials
Each level ends with a graded project, evaluated by faculty against institutional standards. Pass and you earn verifiable, tiered certification. Re-submissions are free.
Level 1
OS Certified Trader
Level 2
OS Certified Options Practitioner
Level 3
OS Certified Options Professional
Bonuses & Add-Ons
The full program comes loaded with everything you need to stay consistent long after the cohort ends.
90-Day Consistency Challenge
Daily check-ins, weekly journal reviews, and an accountability cohort. Built to fix the #1 problem in retail trading: inconsistency.
Trading Psychology Deep Dive
A 4-session intensive on drawdown psychology, tilt management, and protecting your long-term mental capital.
Trade Journal Templates
Pre-built Excel and Notion journals aligned to the OS framework. Includes pre-trade checklist, post-trade review, and weekly analytics.
Risk Management Calculator
A browser-based position-sizing and risk-allocation tool aligned to OptionScore engine outputs.
OptionScore App: 6 Months Pro
Six months of OS Pro bundled with the cohort, so you apply academy frameworks using the live engine.
Weekly Market Outlook Sessions
Live faculty-led sessions every Sunday covering the week ahead, OS engine pre-read, and watchlist construction. Recorded for catch-up.
Private Community Access
A moderated, faculty-active community with cohort-specific channels and lifetime access for cohort students.
Joint Faculty Office Hours
Monthly live Q&A with the faculty. Recorded for those who can't attend.
About the Founder
Shamique Hussain
Founder & CEO, OptionScore
Shamique Hussain is the visionary behind OptionScore with over 15 years of experience in trading and technology. Driven by the belief that every Indian trader deserves access to institutional-grade market intelligence, he built OptionScore to bridge the gap between complex market data and actionable insights.
His mission is simple: empower traders with AI-driven tools that cut through the noise and give traders clear, actionable information.
OptionScore Academy
Learn options the right way with structured thinking, disciplined frameworks, and measurable outcomes.
Sathya Narayanan
Master Black Belt | Director of Faculty, OptionScore Academy
Sathya Narayanan is a Commerce professional with a Doctorate in Finance from France and over three decades of hands-on experience spanning global corporations, multinational conglomerates, and high-stakes turnaround mandates across industries.
He carries the distinction of a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and has personally trained over 5,000 professionals. A certified NISM Research Analyst XV.
The Professional
Sathya Narayanan is a Commerce professional with a Doctorate in Finance from France and over three decades of hands-on experience spanning global corporations, multinational conglomerates, and high-stakes turnaround mandates across industries. His career is a testament to what disciplined, process-driven thinking can achieve at scale.
He has held senior roles at institutions of considerable stature, building a rare cross-sector command of operations, finance, and organisational performance that few professionals in India can claim.
The Turnaround Specialist
Sathya Narayanan carries the distinction of a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt — the highest tier of operational excellence certification globally. Over his career, he has applied this framework not in classrooms, but in the field: diagnosing underperforming and sick business units and engineering their return to profitability in record time.
He has personally trained over 5,000 professionals at the Green Belt and Black Belt levels, many of whom have gone on to lead transformations in their own organisations.
Certified NISM Research Analyst XV
Why OptionScore Academy
At OptionScore Academy, Sathya Narayanan brings the same rigour that governed boardroom decisions and enterprise turnarounds to the world of financial markets education. His philosophy is simple: markets reward process, not impulse.
Every module he leads is built on structured thinking, disciplined frameworks, and measurable outcomes, not noise.
For serious traders and analysts who want to learn options the right way, there is no better guide.
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Score The Market Before You Trade
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OptionScore Academy is an educational program. It is not investment advice and makes no performance or guaranteed-return claims. Trading in securities and derivatives involves substantial risk of loss.