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>"I'm buying FB call options."

In other words you're anticipating the share price to decline further. This sort of supports the OPs first assertion.

You may be thinking of put options. Buying calls is a bullish position.

No I understand how derivatives work. Why bother with options at all if you are so confident it is going back up? Why not pay the spot price if you are that confident it is currently undervalued?

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