THE BEGINNING

It Started With a Mistake

Like many people, Derek started out speculating with money he couldn’t afford to lose. He had no system, no process — just hope. The results were predictable. He lost money, and he learned the hard way that without a framework, the market will always win.

That loss became the catalyst for a seven-year journey to find what actually works.

THE DISCOVERY

Seven Years. Two Mentors. One System.

Over seven years, Derek found two mentors who were quietly trading $30,000–$40,000 per month — not through luck or tips, but through a repeatable, systematic approach to options trading. They taught him what no textbook or financial planner ever had.

“In all those years consulting in high-end accounting, law and financial planning firms, I ran into people who hated their jobs — but the people managing the money had a completely different life. I wanted to know their secret.”

— Derek Whitaker

THE MISSION

Teaching Others to Fund Their Purpose

Blu Sky Factory was built on one idea: the strategies the wealthy use shouldn’t be secret. Derek teaches real frameworks — the same ones his mentors used — so that anyone willing to put in the work can build the financial freedom to live with purpose.