You must make three choices and if only one of them is wrong, you will lose money. When you buy options, you must jump through three hoops in a single leap. You have to be right on the market, on the price move, and on the timing. My company, Financial Trading, Inc., has been selling trading books for years, and I have noticed long ago that buyers of options books never return. When a person comes back and buys another book, it is a clear sign that he or she is active in the markets.
Many clients return and buy books on stocks or futures every few months or even years.
But when a first-time buyer orders a book on options, he or she never returns. Options are very bad for beginners who have not learned to trade and buy calls because they do not have enough money for stocks. Futures traders beaten up by margin calls sometimes turn to options on futures because there are no margin calls. Losers switch to options rather than deal with their own inability to handle markets. I am not against options.