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All investment is gambling. You’re betting that the stock will go up if you’re long and that you can sell it for more in the future than when you bought it. Call options just allow you to leverage more as do put options.

Your own statement just agrees with me. Investing and trading is gambling, but if you hedge properly you’re able to control the odds of success a bit better than you can at say a craps table.



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Erm, capital growth is one way of making money with an asset. It depends on the asset but there are other ways, e.g. dividends.

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