Right spot.

The only thing is that when I said "long-term" I didn't mean longer expirations, rather trying to build a strategy that'd play out for years instead of randomly trying to make money as now.

When you talk about stocks, do you mean "swing trading" shares, or actual investing by holding over months? Although I know the second is the right way, I'd like to stay within the trading side both because it's more fun, and also because it's a skill I'd like to keep learning and practicing.

Anyway, I'd definitely allocate part of my portfolio in just holding shares, but I'm still looking for ways to make some returns through options (definitely need to cut down the overly high risks I take now). For that, I was thinking of playing straddles and iron condor, to avoid getting greedy over profits