@Mister_Sunshine @freepatriot It would be more accurate to say that the options market is a casino. It's a seperate market.

@one_percent @freepatriot Sort of. They are intertwined. Options bets dictate the price and momentum of stocks, and the dollar amounts of options traded are generally larger than the value of stocks traded.

@Mister_Sunshine @freepatriot Sure, I didn't say that there's no influence, but the analogy to a casino only fits the options market, where contracts expire worthless, and not the stock market where shares can be held theoretically indefinitely.