I’m relatively new to selling options and I’ve been seeing some comments around saying that premiums are not always going to stay where they are now, which makes sense.

However, as someone who eventually wants to try doing this as side income (once I feel comfortable enough with it and can show some consistency), I want to know if there are times when I can reliably assume with some margin of error that IV will at the least, trend in one direction or another.

Also a side question for those who have been doing for a longer time: is there a certain percentage of profit that you aim to make within a certain timeframe? (I.e. 5% in a month or something)

Thank you!