I’ve been told that about 75% or more of options expire worthless, so the people making the money are the option writers. In a CME study, over 82% of options expired worthless, because making money on options requires being right on timing, direction, and magnitude, a triple whammy. So no options for me.
I should really get a book on shorting, as I know very little, and am probably just dangerous to myself at this point.