Also they call July calls that are 10% out of the money “medium risk” lolol
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Seriously? This is called a good user experience. Crypto has no place for gatekeeping.
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...this isn’t crypto
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You're right, that's my mistake. Too caught up in Robinhood rolling out crypto trading. Regardless, demistifying complexity or unintuitive nomenclature is good UX. A person doesn't have to know the technical title to have an opinion of the underlying reality.
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true but a lot of people might lose their shirts on this. Making something complicated easier is great if the risk is understood. Previously the risk was behind a high learning curve. Now it is in plain sight.
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That's a really great point and I agree. However, I think the same could be said about how prior financial investment opportunities were unavailable to the public (like equities) but are now commonplace. Additionally, these are puts and calls, not naked shorts, so less $ at risk.
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These are out of the money calls recommended as “medium risk,” where there’s probably a 50%+ chance you lose 100%. Quite a bit different IMO
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Yeah I see your point. It actually makes me really nervous that they guage investment risks like that because the consumer will incorrectly rely on them to inform their investment decisions. That's a pretty big red flag that, while increasing their fees, can cost people big.
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This was a shockingly reasonable discussion for Twitter. Well done guys

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Can you sell calls and puts on Robinhood?
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Only if you own the equivalent amount of shares. I’m a little sad you can’t sell naked calls lolol
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Dat unlimited downside tho
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Don’t you run a school dude? Valley tonedeafness at its finest.
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Yeah I do, and I still don't think people should be buying calls and puts until they know which one is "up" and which one is "down"
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That’s an interesting move! I’m sure they are realizing that they got a lot of invites, and not many people are actually using it yet. But this wording might hurt their credibility among bigger investors which is a bit unfortunate, these new tools ‘should’ have done the opposite
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This is a screenshot form the educational tab I believe. Proper verbiage on the real platform.
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Nope. Go to ticker then trade options, that’s what you see on every one
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Great design.
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not sure I agree. Seems like they’re choosing friendly words to mask risk ... wouldn’t it be better to put a link to educational materials (even just the simple put and call payout graphs) and teach users, rather than obfuscate the (very real) risk? -
Fair point. I guess what I mean is: I have never fully understood those terms until now. At least I would know what I am betting on.
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But you don't really. Those terms are oversimplified - it hides complexity that is unfortunately necessary to understand the risk. That's the danger with this design approach
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That’s totally fair. I am absolutely willing to admit I have no clue when it comes to trading. I just find aliens who run cults and go all in every time


It has worked so far but it is not recommended.
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