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		isignal on March 9, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Robinhood goes down again, during another historic... This is true for typical long positions but not for time based options. Some retail investors do buy those too.

turc1656 on March 9, 2020 [–]

Time-based options have a fixed cost which you pay up front. So again, there is no risk of insolvency because you've already paid up front and capped your losses.

_lacan on March 10, 2020 | [–]

Not if your strategy is to short the contracts instead of buying it.

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