a lot of fun like gambling in Vegas. but retails usually end up with nothing after all the ups and downs.
should stay away from option trade unless you understand the underlying business really well and somehow you know the timing by luck...
i know a lot of i-bankers in hk who trade a lot of warrants. this is a high margin business for trading desks. just imagine who is losing all the billions every year?
a real story: a guy started with $400MM, after 2 years trading options, he had $6MM left. It was because his broker bought bonds when there is too much cash at the beginning...