Unpopular Opinion: New Traders have no business touching options.

Day trading can be incredibly difficult to figure out and I’m seeing a lot of new traders get wrecked with options because they don’t fully understand how they work. They watch wolf of Wall Street and see some idiot on WSB’s making bank on pure luck. Options are incredibly risky. They exist to hedge, they aren’t a reliable way of taking home a profit long term.

I’ve also noticed new traders will overtrade, jump into complex strategies they don’t fully understand, or just panic when things go south. I don’t have data to back this up, but I’d bet a ton of new traders are wiped out by options alone.

If you're new, start small, paper trade to practice, and take the time to actually learn about options before throwing real money in. Risk management is everything in day trading. Don’t bet the farm on one trade.