I think we can all agree that this should be the top post . But to answer your question , I ' d rather fight 100 horse sized ducks over one duck sized horse . <| sep |> Does it stunlock for as long as you continue the spin combo ? <| sep |> TheDonald ' s conspiracy theories are no longer conspiracy theories when constantly proven to be true . <| sep |> As a retail . If EVERYBODY knew the date of the crisis things would happen in rapid stages . However , the opportunity is the unknown to what price would things collapse and what is it that is supposed to trigger this colllapse ? Put options for sale will evaporate and offering Bids will soar . This is because at that point nobody would want to insure a position that will lose . Market makers and traders will not sell Puts in this environment . Demand for protection will soar hence people will put in buy orders for Puts at almost any price . Equities will collapse triggering a major sell off as margined positions are unloaded to cover debts . You would see some big players blowing up from debt and margin calls . This would further drive market fear and selling . Physical assets like precious metals Gold bullion securities will soar and the Gold stocks will join in , but eventually political risk will come into play . Physical Gold Bullion in your hands will become very valuable . Currencies will be iffy as it will be uncertain , but USD could do very well . Then opportunity will start coming up . As the market seems very very dark you slowly start buying Call options , piece by piece , as market drops to new levels . You ' d be buying a lot of LEAPs long future dated Call options on the indexes or whatever . This gives the almost 0 risk , but highest chance of returns . Because rationality will eventually return since the actual cause of the financial crisis isn ' t known or if it is known , globally governments and Central Banks fearing the pitch fork will be making a coordinated announcement of how they will backstop institutions . The future will already be priced in and and markets will start looking forward . On that announcement risk assets will soar and your Calls will appreciate significantly . Now , caveat is what sort of announcement will the governments make ? .