Once I placed a quick scalp order for 200 Palantir option contracts. I set my take profit slightly higher, and once the order was placed, my TP hit in about 10 seconds. But I was down $500, because option contracts require huge trading fees. What I learnt: do not trade massive amounts of option contracts.
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