Most perp traders think Options are bad! $BTC options, $HYPE options, or whatever, the reputation is that you pay a premium upfront and most of the time it expires worthless. Perps feel better until something goes wrong. A stop getting blown through on a wick isn't a fee. It's the full loss on a position that was right on direction and wrong on timing by a few hours. I've closed trades like that and then watched the move play out without me. The perp didn't cost me a premium, it cost me the whole position. The other reason traders avoid options is the interface, and that one I understood. Strikes, expiries, implied vol, the chain to parse before you can size anything. Easy Mode on Aevo removed that part for me. Direction, max loss, confirm. No chain, no Greeks, no decisions that aren't the trade itself. I'm not saying options are always the right tool. I'm saying the cost calculation most traders are running is wrong, and the interface that made it feel complicated is no longer the blocker it was. Worth rethinking Options as a trader 🧠 #Macro Insights#