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Long-Dated Directionals

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For my portfolios, I normally short-sell securities. Of my 30 positions, 27 of them are shorts, but three of them are options positions.

They have several things in common: (i) they are all puts (ii) they have a ton of time left on them, none of them expiring until 2027 or 2028 (iii) they are all in the money. Suffice it to say I am going to try my best to be very patient with these, which is why I’ve given them so much time:

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