Supplement retirement income

Discussion in 'Options' started by aplino, Dec 30, 2020.

  1. lindq

    lindq

    Trying to generate meaningful income by selling options will put your account at significant risk.
     
    #21     Dec 30, 2020
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  2. aplino

    aplino

    Thank you
     
    #22     Dec 30, 2020
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  3. Snuskpelle

    Snuskpelle

    Pretty much. Selling options without knowing 110% about what you're doing can potentially eradicate a life's work of wealth or worse. Sure, it takes some time before disaster to happen during which you think you are doing great.

    If you don't intend to put months or years of full time study into it, just getting better in what stocks you buy is a better fit.

    For the ultimate lazy ass (or smart person realizing they can use their time elsewhere), buying SPY & QQQ still works for the time being. Although I'm a bit afraid the best advice for the past decade won't be as advantageous going forward the next 10 years (at least for US equities). It's natural for everyone to look at the graph of QQQ at this juncture and say that passive investment rocks, when it's just a form of backtrading.
     
    #23     Dec 30, 2020
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  4. qlai

    qlai

    Are you going to leverage that?
     
    #24     Dec 30, 2020
  5. Turveyd

    Turveyd

    IMHO, live off what you've got, I've seen so many people try that and just end up 200K down and a lot of stress for your trouble aswell, then add another 200K and revenge trade, then another 200K till there poor and homeless.

    If total wealth is 800K say, age 45, base on average+ age 85 so live on 20K per year + any interest you can make ( not much these days ), if your 65 then 40K per year, if 75 then 40K still enough.

    Trading is a poor mans game / chance of getting rich, rich people just get gobbled up and spat out, they hate poor trades and love rich traders.
     
    #25     Dec 30, 2020
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  6. aplino

    aplino

    no way
     
    #26     Dec 30, 2020
  7. aplino

    aplino

    For now i use about $40k writing covered calls and/or write cash covered puts for something i do not mind to own. Sometimes i do index vertical spreads risking a few hundred dollars.
     
    #27     Dec 30, 2020
  8. Jack1960

    Jack1960

    Here is the bad news you will likey have a year from now, you list all your money. You are not understanding thd risk in your strategy.
     
    #28     Dec 30, 2020
  9. aplino

    aplino

    I am not getting offended but can you explain the risk you are talking about?
     
    #29     Dec 30, 2020
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  10. How much money are you willing to lose per day? Once you have arrived at a target value, multiply this amount by two and expect to lose this for the first several months. This will be your education fee.
     
    #30     Dec 30, 2020