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I have a personal library of over 200 books on trading, options, etc. Some good, some not so good. I have slowed down lately on buying them. Options can be quite daunting and are very complicated. It will take lots of study but they can be very rewarding. Don't just "dive in" and start making trades. Take the time to really know what you are doing. Since you seem to have a good attitude and understand my reluctance to go into much detail about how I trade, I will answer your question on how I use options. First, I only use options on the indexes, never on an individual stock. The indexes move more slowly and I collect premium and have time on my side. To do that I do mostly credit spreads. Bull put spreads below the market and Bear call spreads above it. Way, way out of the money. And set to expire in the next month, never farther out in time. The only way I get hurt is from a 9-11 type event and I have that happen about once per year so I do incur a large loss when that happens. I just factor that loss in and expect it when it happens, no surprise. Have just had a run of 5 months with no problems so doing good right now. I hope I have answered your question, if not please ask again and I will try again. There is no simple thing involved here, my years of experience do count, but the sooner you get started, the sooner you will be there.
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