Markets are down, yet I have a profit. Thanks to short calls and long puts.   it seems we are going further down while ping-ponging. I expect PLTR to go down to 78 and NVDA to 80. We'll see. I have some more protective puts in place, but won't liquidate them. I am using those as the insurance policy to recover my capital. If there is a 20% down crash, for example, then they will expire ITM and will get sold at the strike price. As my strike price is pretty close to the cost basis, I will be able to recover 97% of my capital. Also, I have written Covered Calls on them at the high point, which means If the price is 20% down after a few weeks, I can buy those contracts back 50-70% cheaper. So, the worst case is me losing about 2% or even making premium profit in most cases.