My experience with Options was pretty frustrating. I had a couple of big wins, but those mostly evaporated by a couple of bad trades. So while I haven't lost money (yet), I've fared much better with simply investing (buy and hold).

Now with so much volatility in the market, I'm trying to take advantage of it by using a backtesting tool to become more consistent. So far it's been worth the fees. The gains aren't as outsized as I imagined when I started trading Options, but I definitely have more consistent wins.