The research suggests that gambling and sensation-seeking – rather than hedging – are important determinants of retail option trading
Roaring Kitty – or Keith Gill, the guy behind the ongoing GameStop saga – inspired retail investors around the world to build wealth by trading options, but, unfortunately, most retail investors are unlikely to replicate his success.
They can just as easily be used for risk management and hedging as they can for speculation and gambling. Retail options trading has exploded in popularity over the past few years. The median retail options trader in this sample lost approximately 21 per cent of their annual household disposable income – about US$5,000.looked at how retail investors tend to use complex options strategies. The authors found that commission-free trading for multileg options strategies coincided with a huge jump in complex trades placed by retail investors.
On average, they earned negative returns, and their losses increased with the complexity of their trades.
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