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Day Traders Lose $358,000 Per Day Gambling on Zero-Day Options

New study tallies retail’s misfortune during the trading boomResearchers warn about growing risk sho

Day Traders Lose $358,000 Per Day Gambling on Zero-Day Options

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The bill climbed to more than $70 million when the cost of doing business with market makers was factored in. </p><p>To be sure, it’s not easy to make money in a new instrument that even Wall Street pros don’t seem to fully understand. 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A fresh study from researchers at the University of Muenster in Germany shows the crowd may have lost $358,000 a day since May 2022, when it became possible to trade expiring contracts every day. The record is alarming, but probably not a huge surprise. By one estimate, amateur investors took a billion-dollar bath dabbling in stock options during the pandemic boom. The new game of 0DTE is more challenging in many ways, among them the tight timeframe in which wagers need to work out. The paper, titled Retail Traders Love 0DTE Options... But Should They?, is a reminder to investors and regulators alike that the latest investment innovations may not always be suitable for everyone. “We are seeing the study as a cautionary tale,” Heiner Beckmeyer, who co-authored the study along with Nicole Branger and Leander Gayda, said in an interview. “These 0DTE options have huge leverage. 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Among all of the cohort’s trades in S&P 500 options, such flashy contracts make up more than 75% of the total. For all the engagement, however, the wagers largely failed to pay off. While they did fairly well writing options, decisions to buy them suffered badly. All told, day traders lost $20 million as a result of poor positioning in about two years through February 2023. The bill climbed to more than $70 million when the cost of doing business with market makers was factored in. To be sure, it’s not easy to make money in a new instrument that even Wall Street pros don’t seem to fully understand. 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