Lander Schlessinger made so much money trading options in high school that he says his father thought he was dealing drugs. A native of New Jersey, Schlessinger started trading penny stocks before moving on to the higher-risk-higher-reward options market when he was 17. According to screenshots of his brokerage account viewed by Business Insider, he's soared well past $1 million in profit just in 2025, but he says crossing a lower threshold stands out more as a memory of his trading journey. "I