https://www.wsj.com/articles/traders-rush-to-stock-options-bets-on-tesla-and-amazon-11636713001 Paywall With equities near records, many traders have been using options to wager on a continued advance in tech companies
It's probably much better they suffer evaporated premiums rather than a slew of margin calls if the stock tanks. It's a built in stop-loss.
This is why the large Wall Street banks have nice earnings. Their traders get nice bonus too. So some of those retail traders make 20% and give 10% to the banks, those retail traders still earn something. But they will lose big when the markets tank.
"This is why the large Wall Street banks have nice earnings. Their traders get nice bonus too. So some of those retail traders make 20% and give 10% to the banks, those retail traders still earn something. But they will lose big when the markets tank." What banks make markets post Dodd-Frank?