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d4ngyesterday at 3:59 PM1 replyview on HN

Not quite. You could buy a long-dated put if implied vol and current rates are amenable. This protects you against the underlying going up significantly. You might also predict that it won’t go up too much, and just short the underlying with a stop loss.


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KaiserProyesterday at 4:24 PM

> You could buy a long-dated put

What leveraged? yeahnah thats not going to be profitable.