As I said already any position can be hazardous to your financial health. You must have made a mistake in your options or the quotes were bad, no way they jumped like that. Volatility can increase the option premium, I understand that and even skew them in value but as fast as the do that when the market settles down as it did after the 3 day drop they will take much of it back in way out of the money options as you like to buy. $30,000 per option lol a bit much there. You with all your problems with the things you have been dealing with and the lack of option knowledge and money to trade with all of a sudden you made 30 K, how many option did you buy? Don't you think your exaggerating a bit LOL You received a book from a poster here so you could learn options trading and in a short while you master options trading? I find that hard to believe....
Ok you can have the last word. Anyway wish you well in your trading
USCoralSea :)