Based on your financial expertise, provide your response or viewpoint on the given financial question or topic. The response format is open.

Is it better to buy put options or buy an inverse leveraged ETF?
The only use of options that I will endorse is selling them. If you believe the market is going down then sell covered, out of the money, calls.  Buying calls or buying puts usually wastes money. That is because of a quality called Theta. If the underlying security stays the same the going price of an option will decrease, every day, by the Theta amount.  Think of options as insurance. A person only makes money by selling insurance, not by buying it.