You can buy long term put options.

That still requires perfect timing. Getting the timing right on a long-term contract is even harder than with a short-term contract!

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dcrazy 11 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

The point of LEAPS is you don’t have to perfect the timing. You buy far enough out to avoid theta decay, and far enough out of the money to minimize risk.

	▲	philipov 9 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Regardless of timing, for shorts to pay out requires the market to actually correct itself. You won't be able to get your magical shorts money until the price of ram goes back down anyway. The market will remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.

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Maxatar 15 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

How does buying long term put options require perfect timing? The whole point of a long term put option is that you only have to be right at some point between when you buy it and when it expires.