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FAANG Engineer to Options Trader

Hello Friends,

Today I want to reflect on my journey from a FAANG engineer to options trader. I am still working and not retired yet but have been an engineer all my life (been at a FAANG company, won't get into the specific company for privacy).

I have been long term investor but never really looked beyond buy and hold of ETFs. I dabbled in options (buying calls etc) earlier but it was a mixed bag. My journey started when I came across Eric's video on Youtube on how to make 30% per year and joined this community. I have been voraciously researching about options trading, backtesting strategies, finding growing success day by day.

While my long term portfolio is playing how the market plays (it was down in November as QQQ was down), my options trading has been quite lucrative. I started in July and so far I had no losing month. Each month I'm getting better and better.

My goal is to consistently make income every month so that I can eventually retire. Hope we all will be able to achieve our goals. Wish you all success on your chosen path. Happy to be part of this wonderful community.

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