Yes. Options have existed for a very, very long time, well before 0 DTE existed, for starters, so prior to 2022, daily 0 DTE wasn’t possible. To more directly answer your question, and also disagreeing with the other regarded individual who replied to you: options can very much be profitable to retail. Simple, long-dated calls are one way to do it. For example, if you mechanically buy a 2-year SPY call whenever the market’s down more than 20% and hold to expiration, you’re likely to come out way ahead (past performance doesn’t guarantee future profit blah blah). The market is not often down 20%, so this isn’t a get-rich quick strategy, but it’s not unreasonable and has historically very good returns if you’re choosing a strike that isn’t absurdly OTM (say, if you pay for an at-the-money call). You can reduce the cost (and profit/risk) by using a long-dated spread instead (so for example buying the at-the-money and selling a call 10% above the current price at the same expiration). There’s also selling index puts - again, not a road to riches, but as a way to add a small amount of leverage during times of elevated volatility. The typical internet-approved version of this is to sell 15-30 delta, 45 DTE puts, but there are a ton of ways to do this profitably, and also plenty of ways to quickly blow up your account. If you’re selling options, you very much need to be keenly aware of the leverage you’re handling, and also how volatility changes both the options price and the margin requirement (you can get blown out of a short put due to changing margin requirements even when the trade remains profitable). The question you asked is really broad, something like “how do you build a house,” so I’m speaking in really broad terms with just two tiny examples in an ocean of possibilities. But the short answer is yes, you can very much be long-term profitable with options strategies. However, ultimately, options are just another tool. You really need a thesis on the underlying, and if that’s wrong, some complex options genius setup isn’t going to save you from being wrong. So don’t get too caught up in the options mechanics at the expense of understanding why the underlying is behaving the way it is. It’s the latter that will make you money; options just add to the toolbox and can, for example, make you money if the underlying doesn’t move (which isn’t possible with shares apart from whatever dividends you get).

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The discount flight market in the U.S. is heavily competing with people just road tripping. Not surprised that it doesn't work as well here.

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Road side Food stalls

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Road side Tea shop

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It's been on the road nearly a decade and they are completely trash. 

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To be fair… With or without the infant you would have eventually done the same thing. Trading options ALWAYS leads down one road in the end. Some get to take the high road and witness the scenic view along the way but they always end back up traveling down the same road in the end. I’ve been way up and way down and way back up again and way back down again trading options over the years as well. Very few ever withdraw the money and buy something practical..something tangible.. it’s good that you took the 20k out though. The responsible thing to do next time your on top, if that ever happens is to remove ALL of the money, immediately pay the taxes (doubt you paid the taxes on e 20k ). And go buy something tangible. But you won’t. Atleast 99.9% of gamblers won’t. That’s what we all are when we “trade” options. Gamblers…

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Calls... Knowing these things are on the road and getting the kinks worked out and gas is near ATH prices. Edit: and Pepsi zero is best soft drink ever

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Blasting macho man on repeat really makes road trips go by quicker HEY! HEY! HEY HEY HEY! MACHO MACHO MAN! I WANT TO BE A MACHO MAN!!!

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They originally were going to merge with Frontier, but JetBlue dangled a bigger amount in front of them, and they decided to go down that road. It was a huge mistake. The routes Frontier has would’ve complimented the routes Spirit had. Oh well.

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Don’t forget their panther platform. That was a staple for Ford and made me a Ford guy. They cut that and started going down the road of internal water pumps and wet belt-driven oil pumps, which pushed me away despite being a shareholder who previously stocked up to take advantage of their x-plan.

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