@thepatelinvestor: Day 6: Picking the Expiration Date It's Day 6 of learning how to trade options in 30 days. Today I show you how I generally pick my expiration dates. The general rule. The further you go out with options, the more the contract will cost and less it will move. But theta is lower the longer you go, meaning it will hurt the value of your contract the least on longer-dated options. Follow for Part 3 where we pick the strike and place the order. Disclaimer: Not financial advice. #stocks #stockmarket #trading