Episode #99
Episode 099 Why Use Options Instead of Just Buying Stocks
Send us Fan Mail If stocks have historically been one of the greatest wealth-building vehicles available to ordinary investors, why would anyone need options? Why not just buy great companies, buy the S&P 500, hold them for decades, and let compounding do the work? That’s a legitimate question. And my answer is that there’s absolutely nothing wrong with owning stocks. In fact, for many investors, simply buying quality investments and holding them for the long term may be all they ever need. But options give us something stocks alone don’t give us. They give us flexibility. Options can allow us to control more assets with less capital. They can potentially generate income from assets we already own. They can give us leveraged exposure to market growth. They can help us protect a portfolio when markets decline. And, perhaps most importantly, they can allow us to define how much money we’re willing to risk before we ever enter the trade. But every one of those advantages comes with a trade-off. The same leverage that makes options capital-efficient can destroy an account when it’s abused. So today we’re going to answer a very simple question: Why use options instead of just buying stocks? And I’m going to explain why, at the Options Wealth Academy, we don’t view options as a way to gamble on the market. We view them as financial tools. And like any tool, what matters is how you use it. Learn how to trade options with no difficult charts, complicated strategies and financial jargon that requires an MBA. At the Options Wealth Academy, we teach you two simple, yet powerful strategies. One is for income, the other for growth. Start your journey today at www.optionswealthacademy.com
