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I think you have lost your mind.

There are too many cynical day traders on here, who make all sorts of incorrect assumptions off their own negative experiences. I have a large amount of money acquired through my professional employment. I am not out for a short term gain like many of the people on here, I am out to try and...

I am interested in generating steady income by trading options and would like to discuss more with other like minded people. I want to treat trading mostly like a business, with a small hint of speculation.

I think it'd be really helpful if someone can give examples of minor and major "blowups." What is a blowup in dollar amounts & %'s? For me a blowup (position blowing up in my face) is a tail event, a 2+ annualized std move where I lose more than a few grand on a single contract cap it at 4-5...

Trading options is not investing since you never hold the underlying unless you plan to exercise or get assigned. I have a valuation portfolio that I trade options around and I also have options trading strategies. I make sure to keep the distinction very clear. An investment is like a house...

Seems like market makers are pro-rata, if the option spread is very wide I can always better the market and get filled first right? Who am I competing against? I've contemplating about retail market-making on wide-spread illiquid options, just a few contracts with tight risk, nothing on a...

I've seen at some professional option trading firms the traders completely ignore the underlier and abstract it away as a random walk process while focusing primarily on vega. They usually do some sort of tactic to get some benefit from a random gamma explosion but it doesn't work all the time...

One of my trading strategies is a delta-hedged vol strategy. I have had good results this month, up 1% by selling just roughly 2-5 contracts a week on a portfolio margined account. I reason that this strategy is working in this kind of low vol market melt up environment but my concern is of...