Are stock market traders more like punters?

Is it true that most traders are obsessed with timing the market?

Is it true that ITM options are traded and taxed like cash market positions? Can you please explain that that means?

What are the risks that traders get exposed to in the stock markets?

What are major cues for traders and investors in the coming week and how should market players position themselves?

What are the different types of passive investment strategies that can be deployed in the markets? Also, when does passive investing make more sense?

I am new to the stock markets and am about to start trading what are the key concepts that I need to be familiar with? like

What do we mean by investing in commodities like gold? Like do we get a share of the total gold value in market?

When the interest rates are negative in the market (like in Japan and Sweden), what are the larger implications for investors?

Even Mutual funds are subject to market risk, then why not invest in fixed income products like Bonds and NCDs?

How true is it that traders make the markets more efficient?