u/Simple-Committee7420 ·
Reddit — r/options
· March 13, 2026 at 03:42
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The dominant theme is a cautionary tale of rapid gains followed by significant losses from overtrading options, leading to a more disciplined, long-term approach.
The speaker advocates for a shift from high-frequency, speculative options trading to a more patient strategy involving futures, selling premium, and long-dated options (LEAPS) on quality companies.
The key takeaway is that trading less and focusing on high-probability setups ("the obvious stuff") is more sustainable and profitable than constant, impulsive trading.
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[+5] u/DAlphaOne: I had almost the exact same arc.
Went heads-down trading options and made about $50k in ~3 months… then absolutely nuked it in like two weeks. Classic overtrading but I was so lost in the sauce, I had made more than my salary on a week to week, then blew it haha
Since then I moved more into futures (that path actually led me to start a small prop firm with a trading community), which ironically made me trade way less and humbled me. I saw how people trade and what works and what doesn't.
Now I mostly just wait for the obvious stuff. Maybe a few trades a week. If I see a clean move with options priced around ~$100, I’ll ride a couple contracts for 50–100% and close.
Otherwise I’m selling options for slower monthly gains or buying long-dated LEAPS (>1 year) in companies I actually want to own.
Trading less took me from blowing up accounts to consistently making about $1–3k/month in my small speculative account. Nothing crazy, but it reinforced something important for me:
The hardest part of trading usually isn’t the strategy… it’s not clicking the buy button 20 times a day.