Quote from WD40:
I hope you have already understood -- that you DO need to know how to trade stock before you can profit with options.
I mean you do need to have a prognosis of where the stock is going (up, down or sideways) before applying an appropriate option strategy.
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Good points, especially to buy right/timely;
book section,top green line this page have some helpful ones.
Especially 3 top trader books by Jack Schwager;
stocks, derivatives.
it hasn't hurt my trading in the least...