Someone always asks me whether options are mainly for buyers or sellers, basically who the time value is biting. Buyers are like paying an extra fee for urgent delivery, hoping for a "big move"; sellers are like running a store collecting service fees, hoping you won't cancel. But the worst part of the market is: you can lose money even if you do nothing, as time quietly deducts from your balance in the background, with buyers getting completely eaten first; but when there's a sudden surge or drop, sellers also get caught off guard, losing faster than you expect.

Recently, there's been more talk about miners/validators earning too much from MEV and unfair ordering... I find it quite helpless: you think you're gambling with the market, but there's actually an extra layer of "who queues first gets served first." Anyway, I now prefer small-position buyers as lottery tickets—if I lose, I admit it, and don't try to fight time head-on.