Two people. Same stock. Same direction. Both bullish.


Person A buys a 1-month call.
Person B buys a 2-year LEAP call.
Stock goes sideways for 3 months.
Then gaps up 40% in month 4.
Person A.
Lost money on 3 expired monthly calls.
Missed the gap up because they rage quit.
Person B.
LEAP call is up huge.
Held through the noise.
Duration forgave the timing.
This is not a hypothetical.
This is exactly what happened with Nvidia.
Went sideways for almost a year.
Then went from $164 to over $200. Up 22%.
People who bought monthly calls lost.
People who held 2-year LEAPs won.
Duration is not just safer.
Duration is the entire edge.
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