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    Anybody making good money just with buying straight calls and puts?

    Thanks a lot for your replies and warnings! I also think it's a matter of personal preferences. I guess if you are good in predicting short term stock movement, then buying options can be very profitable, regardless of the slight depreciation in value of the options due to volatility, time...
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    Anybody making good money just with buying straight calls and puts?

    Thank you for your reply. I think I understand what you are saying. It is true that the price of the options can go a little against you if you consider the things you mention. But if you trade In The Money options with at least 1 month to expiration (preferably more) and you are good at...
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    Anybody making good money just with buying straight calls and puts?

    Hi everybody, After having traded e-mini futures for several years, I am thinking of switching completely to buying straight calls and puts on US stock and -indices. In my opinion, the advantages with options are that you are able to choose the amount of leverage and since there are options on...
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    Sticky Introduce Yourself

    Hi from Belgium Hello everybody, I'm new to this forum. I have been looking for a forum like this for some time but couldn't find any... Nice that I found it :-) I have been trading e-mini futures for a few years (with success I might add) but I'm thinking about switching to options because I...
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