As Matt Levine (who's twitter account is referenced in the article) says though, short-dated out-of-the-money call options are a good way to get the attention o

As Matt Levine (who's twitter account is referenced in the article) says though, short-dated out-of-the-money call options are a good way to get the attention of the SEC. In general though I agree with you - I think a person absolutely could make more than $100k on the market with not a lot of capital and get away with it. Of course, "not a lot of capital" is still more than no capital.