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Re:Memory Companies Have Destroyed the Consumer Market by dcrazy on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @05:56PM (#49901272)
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.
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Re:Memory Companies Have Destroyed the Consumer Market by philipov on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @05:58PM (#49901298)
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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Re:Memory Companies Have Destroyed the Consumer Market by dcrazy on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @06:10PM (#49901433)
The price of RAM does not need to come down in order for a way-out-of-the-money January 2027 put on NVDA to increase in value from its current purchase price.
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Re:Memory Companies Have Destroyed the Consumer Market by tom_alexander on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @06:35PM (#49901734)
You're suggesting gambling that Nvidia will start to fall within the next 3 months? That sounds like requiring perfect timing to me.
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Re:Memory Companies Have Destroyed the Consumer Market by dcrazy on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @08:29PM (#49902812)
Ack, typo! I meant January 2029. That’s how far out the options chain goes.
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