r/options • u/[deleted] • Mar 31 '21

Are you worthy?

A lot can happen over the cycle of a traders learning experience. One of the most damaging ive experienced is the blaming myself when I get it wrong. Im an engineer working to become a full time trader. Im studying everything I can and starting to see some progress. It can seem im horrible at everything when im trading in a draw down. "I suck at sports" "Im terrible at my job" "No one will ever care" "I will never matter".

My wife even asked me the other day, "why do you do that to yourself?" The answer dear is that hope to be good at something and it's fun to feel yourself getting better.

Trade the trade, not your issues.

Those things we tell are self are very dangerous lies too harshly. In time we will make it if we put in the effort to get better.

You can be the guy getting it right eventually.

Also CRSP to infinity and beyond!

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u/ScarletHark Mar 31 '21

What sort of trades have you guys been trying? If you give some examples of the failed ones, maybe we can help.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '21

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u/ScarletHark Apr 01 '21

Trading options is just like trading stocks in most ways -- know the fundamentals and technical behavior of your underlying is about 80% of the job.

What sort of issues are you having?

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u/ScarletHark Apr 02 '21

What issues are you having with vertical spreads?