Recently, many people have been talking about options, often treating buyers/sellers as "betting on rise or fall," but it's actually more like a tug-of-war with time. If you're the buyer, paying that premium is essentially buying a "ticket to wait for an opportunity," but the time value is decreasing every day. If the market doesn't move quickly, it slowly eats away at you; conversely, the seller is like collecting rent. When the market isn't making big moves, time helps you earn money, but if a sudden large fluctuation occurs, the rent you've collected might instantly be insufficient to cover the loss.

By the way, I recently saw complaints about on-chain data tools and tagging systems being laggy... I think it's quite similar to trading options: you're looking at "traces left in the past," but no one can guarantee how the market will move in the next second. Anyway, I personally prefer to first clarify whether I am spending money to buy time or exchanging risk for time. Understanding this sentence makes it less likely for me to click impulsively.