MMM
3M Company
stock NYSE

I’ve been involved in MMM threesomes straighter than these futures

How big is your bank roll? I think you are correct in your assessment of Selling vs Buying. Buying a Call hoping the stock goes up and you 4x your money is much riskier than own 100 shares of a dividend paying stock and selling a Call and collecting the Premium.
I've been running the so called Wheel by selling Calls above where I don't think the stock will go and by selling CSP below where I think it will be in the next 10 - 21 days and collecting premium and dividends along the way. It's not sexy but I'm avaeraging about 10% per 6 months. (I'm not sure how to calculate ROI% so I use Net Premium collected / Portfolio Value.)
For example, I Sold to Open 10 different Calls & Puts with 4 to 11 DTE on MSFT, GD, MMM, AMZN, ORLY, NVDA, TQQQ for $1,450 in Premium and collected $480 in Dividends on Monday. I don't expect anything to be assigned but I'm OK if anything is assigned. They are not all going to be winners. I don't watch the market during the day and only check in after work.
Good luck.
\*Not ffinancial advice, don't listen to me, past performance is no guarantee o ffuture results.\*
\*\*I'm not selling anything and I don't recommend buying courses. All the info is free at the library and CBOE\*\*

I’ve been involved in MMM threesomes straighter than these futures

How big is your bank roll? I think you are correct in your assessment of Selling vs Buying. Buying a Call hoping the stock goes up and you 4x your money is much riskier than own 100 shares of a dividend paying stock and selling a Call and collecting the Premium.
I've been running the so called Wheel by selling Calls above where I don't think the stock will go and by selling CSP below where I think it will be in the next 10 - 21 days and collecting premium and dividends along the way. It's not sexy but I'm avaeraging about 10% per 6 months. (I'm not sure how to calculate ROI% so I use Net Premium collected / Portfolio Value.)
For example, I Sold to Open 10 different Calls & Puts with 4 to 11 DTE on MSFT, GD, MMM, AMZN, ORLY, NVDA, TQQQ for $1,450 in Premium and collected $480 in Dividends on Monday. I don't expect anything to be assigned but I'm OK if anything is assigned. They are not all going to be winners. I don't watch the market during the day and only check in after work.
Good luck.
\*Not ffinancial advice, don't listen to me, past performance is no guarantee o ffuture results.\*
\*\*I'm not selling anything and I don't recommend buying courses. All the info is free at the library and CBOE\*\*