Lately, I've been a bit obsessed with options trading... Buyers and sellers are essentially battling against time. If you buy a call or put and get the direction right, it doesn't necessarily feel good because the time value is constantly deducting your "ticket money" every day. If the market doesn't explode, you'll be worn down and lose your temper; sellers, on the other hand, collect rent every day from time decay, but once a big event hits (especially when a meme is shouted out by a celebrity and attention suddenly shifts), you might get blindsided, earning small change while risking hitting the ceiling of losses. Experienced players advise newcomers not to take the last punch—I truly believe that... When the hype is loudest, it's often when time value is most expensive and easiest to drain. Anyway, what I care about more now is: am I buying the direction, or am I working for time? That's all for now, I'm feeling sleepy.