Been trading spot forex for a while now but looking at options lately.
Some people keep saying you need to understand futures first before jumping into options. Is this actually necessary or just overthinking it?
Options seem different enough that maybe direct learning makes more sense.
I jumped straight into options without touching futures and did fine. The connection between them isn’t that strong for actual trading.
What helped me more was understanding volatility since that’s what really drives option prices. Coming from forex, you already know how to read price action and manage risk.
Options behave totally different from spot trades though. The time element changes everything - positions can lose value even when you’re right about direction. Start small and watch how theta eats your premiums.
Most brokers have decent option education materials anyway. Use those instead of paying for a futures course you don’t need.
You don’t need to understand futures to start trading options. Options and futures are different instruments.
Focus on key concepts like strike prices, expiration dates, and how premiums change with price movements and time decay.
Learning options directly can help avoid confusion.
Futures knowledge is useless for options trading honestly
Skip the futures course if you want to trade options.
Options have their own mechanics that don’t overlap much with futures trading. Time decay, implied volatility, and Greeks matter more than understanding futures contracts.
Your forex background already gives you price movement experience. Start with basic option strategies like buying calls and puts. Paper trade first to see how options behave differently from spot positions.
Futures knowledge won’t hurt but it’s not required. Save time and learn options directly.
Focus on options directly. Your forex experience helps more than any futures knowledge.