When I review my own options-buying records, the more I look, the more it feels like I’m working for “time”… Buyers want a burst, but the time value keeps bleeding lower every day—if the market doesn’t move, you get slowly eaten up. Sellers look pretty steady, but really they’re collecting rent; then if you run into one big spike in volatility, they may end up spitting back everything they collected earlier. So, who is time value really eating? Most of the time, it’s the buyers—unless you land that one moment.

Outside, people are tying ETF fund flows together with things like US stock “risk appetite” and reading them alongside the rise and fall in crypto—I’m watching too, but the moment I actually step into a trade, time is the toughest opponent. Anyway, right now I care more about the entry timing and how many days I hold. I’d rather buy a little less than hand myself over to “wait a little longer.”

What I’m most afraid of isn’t losing—I’m afraid of forgetting the snapshot, forgetting the expiration date, and then watching it go to zero while I keep reassuring myself, “just wait a bit longer”… For now, that’s it.