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>What happens if VIX never comes down?

>>15081782
>sold my only put too soon again
>sold for $46
>price at the moment is $80
fucking hate options, even when i call it right i still feel like im losing

how do i read the deltas vs time graphs?

>>14349562
blind luck can work too, its just not very reliable

the easiest way to go from homeless to millionaire is to buy a winning lottery ticket

but that doesnt mean that the best way to become a millionaire is to buy lottery tickets (because a vast majority of the time this will not end with you getting rich, itll usually end with you now being one lottery ticket's cost poorer)

>>14114675
options are zero-sum by design, the only way for some to win is for others to fail (equally as much)

with investing, everyone wins (assuming the company is properly managed and retaining or exceeding organic growth)
the investors win because their stocks become more valuable, and the company wins, since it uses the extra capital to make their business more valuable (creating a positive feedback loop!)

with investing you are trading your money for someone else's labor (or resources), which is to be repaid to you at a later date (whenever you sell the stock) for a different amount of money in return (whatever the stock is worth when you finally do sell)

options is just telling a bookie (investing broker) what you think the price will do, and paying out or getting payed based on how right you are compared to others
its not random gambling, but it is non-beneficial to everyone who isnt holding options (or anyone who isnt a stock broker)

>>14114877
can you even into second order differentials?