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If you're trading options, you are not an average retail investor. Discussing puts isn't relevant for GP's situation.
by neuland 7y ago
If you're trading options, you are not an average retail investor. Discussing puts isn't relevant for GP's situation.
- SilasX 7y agoSo? If you want to buy options, it's relatively easy to transform yourself into such an investor, so that should be fair game for evaluating HNers' potential search space.
- downerending 7y agoIt's not appropriate unless you're a multi-millionaire, and it's not that easy to transform yourself into one.
- SilasX 7y agoYou don't need to be a multi-millionare to make money on options, I just recently cited someone who put a small amount (relative to a multi-millionare) to disproportionately profit from the market declines that weren't priced in. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22526246 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22526246
- Der_Einzige 7y agoI put 1000 in, but I could have put on 200$ in. Options are even MORE appropriate for the non super rich, because if you put a small amount of money in, you either win big or you lose it all. I'm fine with losing 200$ occasionally.