### Comment:
Honestly I have no idea what I'm talking about. I thought people commonly leveraged options to achieve more potential gains. I think my understanding of options is lacking.

### REPLY:
I'm curious what you mean by leverage? Options are a form of leverage. If you buy 1 share of something and it goes up, your gains are 1:1 because you gain at a pace equal to the money you put into the stock. Options allow your gains (or losses) to be higher than 1:1 because you can make more with less money. Which is leverage. Using margin is another form of leverage. 
  
 *Edited for clarity

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