Options were once known as an obscure investment reserved for the elite.

Not anymore.

Times have changed.

And times are better.

If you’re not trading options now, you’re missing out on potentially some of the largest gains ever seen.

That’s why I put together a special content series for you on:

1. What options you should be trading right now
2. Why today is the best time to start
3. How to make buckets of profits even with little time and little capital
4. Maybe, most important…how to keep losses to a minimum.

Even if you’re skeptical about trading options…

I urge you to open every single email of this special series.

Because option trading is more popular than ever.

Gone is it just a tool to enrich Wall Street suits.

I have never seen a better time to trade options in history

That was proven when I got an email from Robert recently where he netted $45,000 on one of my trade recommendations. These plays are popping off like mad during these uncertain times. Lucky for you, start with just a little money around the house and you could start trading profitably too.

Here’s how to start trading profitably now.

Right now, options are being wielded by mom-and-pop traders as well as hedge funds (and everything in between).

Popularity has sprung up from — for one — the inclusion on commission-free platforms like Robinhood.

Have you ever used Robinhood? Boy is it slick. Easy to use. Trading options never looked so simple.

Just pick your contract and you’re off.

You used to have to call your broker and stay hung up on the phone for 30 minutes… now it’s a simple press of a button.

Low barrier to entry=more demand.

Second, options have caught fire due to the leverage they offer.

Just one call or put is equal to controlling 100 shares of the underlying stock, and at a fraction of the price of purchasing shares.

That means payouts can be really big — huge — if the trade works out. Losses can also be controlled, to where there is a limited amount of money at stake. Remember this point.

Everyone…I don’t care who you are…wants massive, life-changing returns.

You’re not always going to hit big returns…but just one 1,420% winner (as I showed readers) could turn a losing portfolio into a winner.

There are ways to make big winners, control your risk, and not be tied to a trading desk all day.

In this series, I’m going to show you exactly how.

First off, let’s talk about how options can have defined risks.

When buying options (either buying a call or put), traders can only lose what they pay for the option.

If a trader buys a call for $100, that’s the max risk.

Meaning…there’s a floor to your risk… but unlimited upside.

Options offer traders access to strategies and stocks that they otherwise wouldn’t be able to touch.

For instance, take a stock like Amazon (AMZN), which has traded for over $3,000 per share. Most investors don’t want to tie up that much money in one stock. Investors want to diversify, but they also like the upside potential of stocks like AMZN.

That’s where options come in.

A call option on AMZN may cost a tiny fraction of the stock price.

I already showed you in the image above.

One option contract “at the money” (meaning, you buy an option at the same price of the stock) is $17,783.

Whoa… that’s way more than $2,970 per share. Yeah, but that $17k controls 100 shares.

100 shares of Amazon costs $297,000! That’s 95% LESS.

An investor who wants to bet on AMZN’s upside can use options to do so at a far, far, far lower cost than buying the stock.

Again, limited cash… unlimited upside.

Even better…you ever see a stock (like bankrupt Hertz or JC Penney) and say “wow, that stock is going in the toilet… but how do I make money on that.”

Well, you could short the stock.

To do that — You need margin. You need shares available. And you would need an appetite for risk (if the stock goes up, the bank’s calling you for their money).

There’s doing that…

Or, you can take a bearish position by buying a put. It’s like buying a call (thinking the stock will go up), instead, you just buy the put (you think the stock will drop).

You don’t need margin. You don’t have to borrow shares to sell short. It’s super easy.

Even cooler, put trading is so easy with options that they are often used to hedge portfolios. That is, you buy puts in your portfolio to protect your downside exposure. Or, you can simply use them to take a bearish directional view on a stock or an ETF.

I love options.

Been trading them for over 20 years including time on the floor of the largest options exchange in the world (the Cboe).

I love options because — as you’ve seen — they have several benefits beyond just leverage.

While it’s nice to generate out-sized returns, it’s also nice to have defined risk and trade expensive stocks. And it’s extremely useful to be able to take bearish positions in stocks without having to short sell on margin.

SUMMARY: The best options to trade right now are buying calls and puts. You have limited risk with unlimited upside.

NEXT ARTICLE: We’ll discuss “why now?” is the best time ever to trade options.

You could start trading them right now, actually.

I’ll show you how to turn extra cash lying around your house into thousands of dollars using options.

One reader just landed a $45,000 profit in a couple weeks.

Take a look at how to start making these profits now.

“In for $311…out [in under a week] for $3,157!”

Mark emailed me that testimonial recently. He took extra cash lying around his house and turned it into potentially covering all his bills this month. I’m showing beginner options traders like yourself how to do this every month.

Click here for my next extra cash opportunity.