At the core, the options arena operates as a market within a market — and with the contracts representing 100 shares of the underlying asset, they may offer tremendous upside potential. Of course, there’s no such thing as a free lunch, especially on Wall Street. While it’s true that, say a 3% move in the open market can sometimes yield a 100% payout in the options market or more, that upside doesn’t come free. Obviously, such trades need to go according to plan for you to collect your outsized reward. Ho ...