In 2026, almost all the money has been made in AI tech stocks.

In sharp contrast, crypto has been notably weak.

Here’s the Problem: You Want to Buy the Dip, but Keep Getting Trapped

In a grinding, bleeding market like this, retail traders make two common mistakes:

1. Continuously DCA-ing / buying the dip in spot — might get more and more trapped, adding on every leg down, barely lowering their cost basis while the account bleeds red.

Bottom line: In a weak BTC market, there’s no need to rush the dip. The smarter move is to **use options to continuously “ambush” your entry points.

Why Are Options Better Suited for Right Now?

This is actually a **standard institutional playbook**: use options to hedge spot downside, or to lock in a favorable…