RETAIL INVESTORS SIMPLY DO STOCK OPTIONS COMPLETELY BACKWARDS...

(Let's run through an example)
When the market is falling.
Retail investors want to buy puts.
That bids up the put premiums.
That makes put more expensive.
They are buying puts as the market is getting cheaper and safer (falling)
We will use this to our advantage.
Instead of bring like the herd & buying puts when things are falling and becoming cheaper/safer.
We will sell puts usually with a duration of a year other than longer. (MUCH SAFER AND EASIER TO REPRODUCE)
We will collect max premium and reinvest that back I to the company we are bullish on.
These puts are not cash secured.
They are portfolio secured.
If you are bullish, why would you want all that cash laying around doing nothing...
DUMB.
Keep ratios in check and you can withstand any bear market.
I have been doing this for a decade through many cycles.
It works.
IT WORKS.