Someone asked me, “In options, who actually has the edge?”…And my current feeling is this: the buyer is buying time, and the seller is also selling time—except the time value is quietly shaving down the buyer’s “health bar” day by day. If you don’t move, it’s still draining you; if you don’t move fast enough, it still drains you. The seller is like an “auto-rent” landlord, but when that big burst of volatility hits, the house might get knocked over or even outright overturned.

Recently, more rumors have been going around that a certain region will add taxes and tighten compliance a bit. I’ve found that the tighter my expectations get around deposits and withdrawals, the more I want to act as the buyer and take a gamble on something that’s fast. But honestly, at times like this, you’re even more likely to be ground down by time… Anyway, what I’m doing now is: keep grinding the side quests, and only pick the kinds of options where I can accept the idea that “going to zero is just the entry ticket.” You say the seller is stable? Sure, it’s stable—just don’t go head-on into the gusts.