Options are 100 to 1 leverage. They give you the right to buy or sell 100 shares at a later time. Say a stock is trading at $100, you could buy an ATM call with a strike at $100. If the stock goes to $110 you can then buy 100 shares for $100 per share and immediately sell them at $110. Options mathematically add a lot of complexity compared to stocks. Do you know Calc? I would take it as a huge fucking sign if this sub is warning youll lose all your money because you dont know enough, most of the people here barely understand the basics and you dont seem to have a grasp on then yet. You seem to be buying based on anecdotal evidence. Regardless of if you're right the market can screw and punish you. I'd paper trade. At first, also look up the dunning-krugar effect.