TRADEWISE ADVISORS, INC.


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TradeWise Advisors, Inc. (“TradeWise”) is a registered investment adviser based in Chicago, Illinois. TradeWise operated under the name RED Option Advisors, Inc. (“RED Option”) from 2010 until September 30, 2016. TradeWise (formerly RED Option) started in 2003 as a division of thinkorswim Advisors, Inc. and a member of the thinkorswim Group, Inc. In 2009, the thinkorswim Group, Inc. was acquired by TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation. TradeWise is wholly owned by TD Ameritrade Online Holdings Corporation. TD Ameritrade Online Holdings Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation, a publicly traded company. Approximately 40% of its common stock is owned by the Toronto-Dominion Bank.

As used in this brochure, the words “we,” “our” “us” and “TradeWise” refer to TradeWise Advisors, Inc. and the words “you,” “your,” "participant,” “subscriber," and “client” refer to you as either a client or prospective client of our firm. In addition, as used in this brochure, the term "Associated Persons" refers to our officers, employees, and all individuals involved in providing services on behalf of our firm.

TradeWise is an Internet-based company that provides risk –defined options trading strategies recommendations to retail investors. The strategies we offer cater to various types of clients ranging from those who have a basic understanding of options spreads to experienced options traders. We recommend that you have a working knowledge of both Calendar Spreads and Vertical Spreads before you subscribe to any of our options trading strategies. The strategies generally involve buying or selling multiple options contracts on the same underlying securities. For additional information on Calendar Spreads and Vertical Spreads, see Item 8 below.

Our services are designed to provide you with specific trade recommendations via email that include detailed trade descriptions and explanations. We offer the following six (6) distinct option strategy- based newsletters by subscription:

1. Covered Call

2. Collar (Covered Call with Protective Put)

3. Time Spreads

4. Directional

5. Range Bound

6. Volatility

Recommendations vary within each strategy and are limited to advice on equity securities, exchange traded funds, index funds, and options contracts on equity securities. Any available weekly, monthly, or quarterly option cycle may be utilized in all of our strategies in order to capture a specific market event or favorable circumstance as long as all initial trade guidelines are met. If you subscribe to any one or more of our strategies, you will receive trade recommendations via email that are specific to each strategy for which you have subscribed. The emails will include trade specifics and explanations of the dynamics and reasoning behind the recommendation. Email alerts are sent to you each time we recommend opening, adjusting, or closing a trade. We will send you approximately two to five trade recommendations per strategy per month, as well as any adjustments or closing instructions. In the event that we do not see an opportunity that meets our criteria in the market for a particular period, we will not send new trade recommendations for that period.
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TradeWise services are available to U.S. citizens residing in the United States and not generally available to foreign investors. TradeWise newsletters are not intended for use in Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). Autotrade Service Subscribers have the opportunity to have the strategy recommendations automatically executed through the TD Ameritrade "Autotrade" service, which involves an agreement between you and TD Ameritrade, Inc. (“TD Ameritrade”), our affiliated broker-dealer. In order to avail of the Autotrade service you will need to open and maintain a brokerage account with TD Ameritrade, and to subscribe to one or more of our options strategies. TradeWise recommendations cannot be executed in IRAs through the Autotrade service. All client transactions initiated through the Autotrade service are executed through TD Ameritrade. In addition, you must agree to the provisions of the electronic Autotrade Limited Trading Authorization and Agreement and the SEC Risk Disclosure statement.

We are affiliated with TD Ameritrade through common control and ownership, see Item 10 below for additional disclosures on this topic. As a TradeWise subscriber using the Autotrade service, you acknowledge that TradeWise personnel may access TD Ameritrade systems when instructed by you to edit information related to your Autotrade profile and your selected TradeWise strategy(ies).

When using TD Ameritrade’s Autotrade service, you must set a specific dollar amount that you would like to allocate on a per trade basis for the strategy/strategies that you are subscribed to. There are minimum allocation amounts for each trading strategy. Please see Investment Strategies in Item 8 below. A trade encompasses all the transactions (including trade adjustments and rolling transactions) for that particular trade for that strategy through the closing of the trade. Thereafter, TD Ameritrade will automatically execute all new recommendations for each individual strategy to which you subscribe in your TD Ameritrade brokerage account based on your preselected allocation. Additionally, TD Ameritrade will execute any subsequent adjustments and closing recommendations in your brokerage account until you elect to discontinue the service.

As part of the Autotrade service, in an effort to seek best price, TradeWise will verify pricing through TD Ameritrade systems reflecting the national best bid and offer (NBBO). We will then enter a block order into a dedicated TradeWise account at TD Ameritrade. After the order is placed, TD Ameritrade facilitates the processing and filling of the order and then disperses the trade into the TD Ameritrade accounts of each subscriber in the particular strategy that has elected to participate in the Autotrade service, per their individually determined Autotrade allocations. The Autotrade allocation amount you choose in your TD Ameritrade brokerage account is a ceiling and you will not be included in a trade for an amount above your selected allocation amount. However, due to price movement, some trades may only get a partial fill and then you may get an allocation less than the dollar amount you have selected. Furthermore, all clients will generally receive at least one contract per block order for an order to be filled.

You may cancel or change your Autotrade allocations at any time. If you choose to cancel your allocations, all existing positions will continue to be adjusted and closed per TradeWise recommendations. However, no new positions will be placed for you. You have the option to cancel Autotrade altogether and take control of all your own open positions. If you choose to cancel Autotrade, you must contact a TradeWise representative. Market Blog The Market Blog is a free daily newsletter (Monday to Friday) that provides commentary on market news, upcoming earnings and industry events. Market Blog is accessible on the TradeWise website at www.tradewise.com or you can subscribe to receive the Market Blog daily via email.
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