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The British Financial press, along with most of the major investment banks, are tipping defensive stocks for this year. I disagree, thinking that they should have tipped these stocks last year and are making a big mistake by using past performance as a measure for the future (as all the adverts...

Stop going for the easy buck and start producing something with your life. Create, instead of living off the buying and selling of others. Carl Fox (Wall Street)

But if you're writing call options you leave yourself out for unlimited risk, at least with futures the risk is lessened by how the market moves, i.e. if you're short or long futures, when the position closes you can limit the risk by taking an opposite position on the underlying index.

I've been having a debate on whether it's riskier trading futures or options. I believe that it's riskier trading options, however my friend thinks that futures trading is riskier. I would like to hear others views on this subject, hopefully to resolve the argument in my favour.