Everyone: options are way too complex, impossible to make money unless you're a pro.
Meanwhile my lazy options portfolio (3% of my mindshare): 2,505.9% total return over 5y, 94.09% IRR. Maybe sharpe sucks, but who cares, I'm just a dude not a fund. Something doesn't add up 🧐
My favorite strategy is Calendar Spread (cs) - I rarely trade anything else. I love it, because unlike individual calls or puts it has positive Theta - this means my profit increases with time. I typically buy cs with at least 6m to expiry, sometimes up to 2y. And go waaay OTM - only wild bets. In nutshell, a cs is a perfect strategy to express the following combination of ideas:
1. I don't give a shit about short term price action and don't want to pay for that exposure (cs underperforms short-term, which I'm 100% fine with in exchange for lower premium)
2. I don't care about unlimited upside - pipe dream. Again, that lowers the premium.
3. I only pay to get exposure to profits within a limited, but still wide enough price range in some distant time in the future - when that price range is likely achievable.
4. I want a wildly asymmetric payoff and I'm willing to wait for it - market is usually wrong when it comes to long-term volatility.
5. I want my exit point to be decided in advance. That reduces my mental burden as a busy founder. In cs that is determined by strike - the highest profit point.
Look at this one, isn't she a beauty?? 🥹
(not investment advice)
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Here's how you can benefit with this example of an option
Buy Call Option (Long Position) 📈
• Strike Price: $66,000
• Premium: $648.13
• Breakeven: $66,648.13 ($66,000 + $648.13)
• IV: 53.15%
• Delta: 0.55
• Sell Call Option (Short Position) 📉
Strike Price: Higher than the long call option (e.g., $67,000)
Premium: To be determined based on market conditions and desired risk-reward profile
Strategy Rationale:
• By purchasing the call option with a strike price of $66,000, we establish a bullish outlook on Bitcoin's price, as the option gives us the right to buy Bitcoin at that price.
• The premium paid represents the initial investment for the trade, and the breakeven point is the level at which the trade becomes profitable, accounting for the premium.
• Selling a call option at a higher strike price, such as $67,000, creates a vertical spread and helps offset the premium cost of the long call option.
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