Recently, someone asked me again whether it's better to be a buyer or a seller in options trading. To put it simply, time value is eroding every day; if the buyer does nothing, it gets slowly eaten away, and by the end, you realize you're fighting against the calendar. As for the seller, it looks like collecting rent, but in reality, they're betting on tail risk. When the market goes crazy, the premium collected earlier isn't enough to cover the losses.

What I care more about now is: is this trade about buying "direction," or selling "volatility"? I write it in my journal—if the entry conditions aren't met, I don't touch it. Don't get caught up in words like "high win rate" or "easy profit." Recently, Layer 2 projects are still arguing over TPS, fees, and subsidies, but when market sentiment heats up, the time value still gets eaten by whoever owns it.

Forget it, I won't talk about master strategies. I just follow the rules anyway.