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If you’ve spent any time learning about options, you’ve probably noticed something.

One person tells you to buy the cheapest contracts you can find. Another says to always trade weeklies. Someone else insists you should never hold through earnings, while another trader tells you that’s where the biggest opportunities exist…

For new traders — and even experienced ones — it can be difficult to separate trustworthy principles from the latest hot takes on the internet.

That’s one of the reasons I created the Masters in Trading Options Challenge.