Individual stock as to do with you actually owning a share in the company, while stock options on the other hard, i think i would be a lot easier to say it's more like a bet. When you go into stock options, you are simply placing a bet that the company stock value would either go up or down within a specific period of time. In stock options you do not actually own these stocks you bet on. While individual stock you own it.
Is Investing in stock options better than individual stock?
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Of course, it requires a different level of skill to invest in individual stocks with stock option contracts which are derivative products, so that investors have the option to put or call. Although it seems easy, stock options require mastery of both technical and fundamental analysis. so it's not just betting on gambling that relies on luck.
