When you guys buy options how far out do you normally look?

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If you are starting out avoid short term options ... shoot for 2 months or so. It takes time for your option to play out ... unless you use more sophisticated strategies like calendar spreads, diagonal spreads etc. to hedge your downside. Also, stick to long positions till you get a hang of the market and how Greeks impact the prices.

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Time decay is more prevalent in the last 30 days of the option. First 60 days do not reflect much loss in time value. For in-the-money, it’s even less significant. Hence better to target 3 month options and close positions before entering last 30 days.

To my next paycheck

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I look on Friday morning for that days expiration.

Realistically speaking 2 weeks to up to 2 months out with a 10-15% OTM option

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