I have been trading a little bit with futures and options, but still consider myself a total newbie.
I 've been feeling much more confortable trading futures instead of options, as volatility is much lower and in most cases you are about to know how your future price will move when the underlying moves.
I also learned that you can loose the premium price if you buy calls or puts, but was also tought not to sell puts or calls except when hedging positions. The reason is that when you sell calls your potential loses are infinite. Obviously you can set SL, but as you are holding positions overnight and weekends, you never know.
And here comes my question: ¿why don't you simply sell futures or buy puts(*)?
Thanks!
(*) Indeed, options prices trend to zero with exponential speed as times gets closer to expiry, but who is holding them so long?
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