Unfettered Greed baby! "Haha infinite potential loss? That would never happen TO ME!"
Edit: more seriously, options come with premiums and can still lose you money even if the stock did in fact go down (i.e. You buy a PUT for $5, the stock is at $4 currently, but the PUT costs you more than $2 because there is a premium to pay based on a bunch of Greek alphabet astrology, so you'd only make money if the stock goes down to $3 or less)
Unfettered Greed baby! "Haha infinite potential loss? That would never happen TO ME!"
Edit: more seriously, options come with premiums and can still lose you money even if the stock did in fact go down (i.e. You buy a PUT for $5, the stock is at $4 currently, but the PUT costs you more than $2 because there is a premium to pay based on a bunch of Greek alphabet astrology, so you'd only make money if the stock goes down to $3 or less)