I've been trading options for about a decade now, and on my journey to achieve success on the stock market I've made myself a lot of friends. Collectively, I've probably met a couple hundred other option traders, and the truth is, only about a handful of them were making any money! It makes me wonder; why are there so many people out there investing in the stock market when most investors just end up loosing their capital?
I find it fascinating. I've noticed that most traders are just looking for a good challenge. I know I do. I enjoy all the research, analyzing trades, looking at probabilities. To me working with options and the stock market are my playground. I love the challenge and that it always forces me to move forward. There's always room for improvement!
Even though they don't get immediate results, most investors will stick with options trading because it's a profession that forces them to be creative. There really are infinite option strategies that can be created if you have an open mind. I see option trading as a never ending frontier of exploration.
But I still wonder. Why are there so many option traders out there that aren't making money? The answer you'll hear the most is that your typical option trader does not know how to properly adjust an option position. This statement is somewhat true, but I think we can dig deeper.
And now for the real problem; Option traders don't normally fail because of their adjustment strategies. In actuality, most experienced option traders are great at money management and make proper adjustments to their portfolios. The down fall begins at the start of a trade. No matter how good of an option trader or risk manager you are, you will probably never have long-term success trading options unless you learn to construct option trades that are low risk from the start. This is the key to becoming a consistently successful option trader.
Through courses from San Jose Options, I've learned to construct trades that are safer than anything I had ever seen before, and even though the risk is much lower, the probability and return is very desirable. So if you feel that you are making all the right adjustments on your option trades, but you're still losing money, then your problem is probably in your trade initiation. It's so nice to have met yet another options trader along my way. Good Luck!