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Open an investment account and sell option spreads. You will need a margin account to do this. Note you can also lose money.


>Note you can also lose money

You will most likely lose money.


> Note you can also lose money.

All of your money, very quickly, if you don't know what you're doing.


This is possible. You gotta start small and learn. Don’t get too aggressive.


Tried this for 2 years and broke even at best. It takes a bit of effort to understand the system and as a techie I found it interesting. It's easy to get the option's premium, that you get to keep , and it even seems like you're going to make a killing but then things turn against you and you lose. The down side is fast and hard so it's easy to lose your gains in no time. Then you're just trying to get even. It not worth the time and money. I don't recommend it to any one.


Doesn't work for the Average Joe. You casually added that you can lose money but most people lose money or break even at best especially in Option trading. For someone like OP, I wouldn't recommend this.


That's gambling with extra steps.




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