option trading

My First Option Trade: FTR Aug16'19 2 Put @0.45

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Now, this is exciting - in the late evening of March 28th, 2019 (GMT) I made my first options trade (s). To get to this point it took me a couple of months and a lot of reading, talking and watching YouTube videos. A huge learning curve and a lot of incomprehensible. Anyway - I just made it, my first options trade - probably really dumb, probably I will lose after all, but I feel very excited that at least I get it through. Now, as you already can see from the title, here is what I did: FTR…


Investment Goal #7 - Selling Puts to Own Stock / Generate Income

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If 2017 I spent learning a lot about crypto investments, starting a simple buy and hold, swing trading, lending on Poloniex.com, and even building a custom Ethereum mining rig. 2018 was more about high-yielding US stocks. Seems that for 2019 I have a new subject to explore - options trading.  Now, I have heard about options a lot in the past ... it's just I have never had any interest in them, as it has always seemed like a scam to me, now I'm not saying it's a scam, but I'm also not…