Vitaali
"For this to happen, one would have to close all of their positions at the bottom prices. Otherwise, those are just paper losses. Right?"
Based on your question I will assume you have yet to trade options in which case don't even think of using them with Aim.
It would be like you buying a fighter jet for personal use before you learned to fly a piper cub.
If you have been trading options for a few years, I will just say that options have a " life " and can expire. If the strike price is above the market price of the stock, a CALL option WILL expire worthless.
Again, you are thinking of how you can maximize your returns without thinking of the potential losses. It does no good to make 50 to 100% per year if it is possible to lose 100% every 10 years. No matter how much you make you will still lose 100% of your money.
Aim is a risk management system that takes the emotion out of investing and I would guess improves performance from the average 10% market returns to 15%. A 50% improvement, while at the same time reducing risks and account drawdowns.
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