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oldnemesis...I'm a little slow in the morning so bear with me...are you hinting that perhaps the best "value" (i.e. cheapest insurance) might be calls on the 3x inverse?

Ah, yes, I'm glad you reminded me of the "winning trade" thought. In fact, in this case, it would "unfortunate" to have a winning trade! This was one of my thoughts on mitigating the whole thing. If I use options, (or even Inverse funds), I don't want to blindly own them year round. I want to...

Thanks so much for those links. I am familiar with that strategy, and have had good luck with UUP and DUG in the past (shorting the dollar and oil). I was leaning toward the options thinking that 'hey, if I know when the market it overheated historically, and only buy puts when it is, then that...

Good Day! I don't have alot of experience with options but I've bought a few. I am familiar with the basic concepts of hedging and this is the basis of my question: My goal is to use options to hedge my very well diversified portfolio. I have sort of an "ivy league type" mix of index funds...