Why be an option/futures/day trader when it is zero-sum?
aaronblohowiak: Being a quant has a certain appeal, but nothing (to me) is as appealing as creating tools that people use to accomplish things.Gambling on anticipating/creating the future is not an easy way to make money. However I agree that there is no wealth creation resulting from this (the increased liquidity of the market due to new kinds of derivatives may increase the efficiency of the market, but I think you are talking about "simple" trading.)