Everyone wants the 90% winners which call sellers love. What they do not tell you is the paltry, or small gains you make selling options. Put sellers love being paid to buy stock at the lower price. What they miss is, a stock going down, can go down a lot. That premium will not be able to cover your losses. Take TWTR, I bought a put option @ $3.80 per contract, now it is $12.00 per contract or $8.20 paper profit with about 2 months to go till expiration. The option seller will take a huge loss if he has not exited yet. And he will be stuck with a stock, TWTR that keeps dropping. I would rather buy options, risking hundreds to make thousands instead, of the other way around. I am sure there are successful option sellers out there however, what they do not tell you is when they take a loss, those losses can be huge.