BullyBumble

BullyBumble t1_jad62lo wrote

Dude. Let me promise you - 90% of references to theta, including this post, don’t use the term correctly.

It’s the diff between saying “stock XYZ might go to 100 from 80 by tomorrow” and “…to 100 from 80 within a year”.

You’ll notice if you open the options chain, the farther the strike the lower the price, and the farther out in time the higher the price.

Theta properly refers to the diff between same strike options over x time. So every time “theta gang got me” but price moved through a strike they missed the point of theta.

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BullyBumble t1_j2993cz wrote

When the corporate infrastructure ramped up the ass-play…?

In all seriousness, the stock market has been a gambling play-thing for the wealthy for a long time. In finance you can fail into substantial amounts of money.

If the markets were governed by a legitimate authority it might be more prudent to put away substantial savings in bonds etc. - but the lifetime savings of a good chunk of the population will never be enough to make a significant difference in retirement, let alone a difference worth a lifetime of sacrificing every opportunity to enjoy it.

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