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I'm now leaning more towards being an options seller, but that doesn't mean buyers are out of the question. It's just that time value, to put it simply, is more like "collecting rent": most of the time, it slowly eats away at the buyer's patience and luck. If you're a buyer, you need to be right about both the direction and the timing; otherwise, even if the market stays still, it can wear you down. Sellers, on the other hand, profit from the period when "nothing happens," but once a big wave of volatility hits, you have to accept defeat and rely on risk control to withstand it.
Recently, before and after that mainstream public chain upgrade, the group has been guessing whether projects will migrate. I think during this stage, buyer sentiment is most prone to getting overly excited: it's just a "possibility," but the market has already played out all the drama in the price. Anyway, I either sell very small amounts, leaving enough margin, or just don't touch it at all, preferring to slowly add some LP, since the fees at least won't catch me off guard with a sudden attack.