Why aren't professionals relying on selling options to beat the market?
u/Ok_Personality8193 ·
Reddit — r/thetagang
· July 22, 2026 at 04:53
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I've been selling options for a few years now and seeing consistent, solid returns. As long as I exercise good risk management, I can see this becoming a long-term strategy to compound wealth and consistently beat the market.
But this naturally led me to wonder: Is this too good to be true?
I'm confident in the strategy and my execution capability, but I want to make sure I'm not missing any major blind spots. If systematic option selling offers market-beating returns, why isn't every professional/institutional investor doing it? They have far more knowledge, capital, talent, and resources than retail investors.
It blows my mind seeing people throw around complex indicators, high-level strategies all the time, only to post 10–15% returns, make $200k a year, or lose money altogether. I'm like, what?
Do they stay away because they know something we don't, or are they actually doing it?