Retail investors increasingly take the 'options' route to speculate
Retail investors increasingly take the ‘options’ route to speculate May 07, 2021 × The number of traders buying/selling options has gone up 51 per cent in the index segment and 26 per cent in stocks between June 2020 and March 2021 In an indication that retail stock traders are speculating more, the number of ‘options traders’ has seen a big jump in the past six months. Options trading is extreme speculation as bets are only on the premium of the underlying security. The premium can be as low as 0.1 per cent of the actual price of a stock or index and works like a virtual lottery.