Learn about the different strategies to minimize your risk ( credit spreads, Iron condor etc.). Don't do naked calls or puts. I recommend calls on large tech and health care companies such as Amazon, Microsoft, United health etc. I would recommend doing puts and calls on ETFs instead of individual stocks unless it's a tech company. When I first jumped in I lost 5k; I spent about a week learning about options and how "the Greeks" (theta, Delta etc.) can affect your trade and different options trading strategies. I'm up 40k since I started
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