Here's how I got stuck on this.
Back on Feb 11th just before the big COVID crash I was messing around and bought a bunch of these:
QQQ Mar 19 '21 $238 Call
At the time I bought them they were just slightly out of the money.
Then, of course, COVID hit and everyone thought the world was ending.
Now, months later, in spite of the fact that I bought them at the pre-covid peak, just before the big crash, recovery, and the new recent crash, those calls are worth three times what I paid for them. I also bought some $110 XLK calls around the same time that had similar gains (that I rolled up to $130).
The thing is, at the time I bought this stuff we WERE at the all time highs, on the verge of a huge crash. But (at least in this case) the time frame was so long that there was enough time to recover and make a ton of money.
Of course this all fails if next time we're due for a LONG down period like a after the dotcom peak, but I'm betting (hoping) that any dips won't last more than a couple of months.