1)My biggest struggle in options trading is managing emotions. I know the strategies on paper, but when the market moves fast, I sometimes get caught between fear of missing out and fear of losing. Sticking to my plan and not overtrading is still the hardest part. 2)One trade I’ll never forget was selling covered calls on a stock I owned long-term. The premium felt like free money at first, but then the stock shot up way past my strike and I had to let it go. It was painful in the moment, but it taught me that collecting premium comes with trade-offs, and you need to be comfortable with both outcomes. 3)When I first considered trading options, I hesitated because it all looked like gambling. Only after learning that it’s about structured strategies—like hedging and income generation—di