That was basically my conclusion after looking into it for a while. There are countless ways of designing an options trading strategy to bet on exactly what ou

That was basically my conclusion after looking into it for a while. There are countless ways of designing an options trading strategy to bet on exactly what outcome you feel is going to happen. But at the end of the day, I couldn't get past that it was all based off of just that: feelings. And that while I could be monkeying around with options trading and timing, I would be missing out gains realized by just being in the market.