If you hope to profit off a speculative "alt season" you are the perpetrator who calls themselves a victim in loss When someone wins we say "they made it out of the trenches" like its some kind of glory or moral reason they got out while we call people who lost money idiots who deserved it They are one in the same people The same as the person who says real estate is too expensive while you raise rent on your tenants just because you can Anyone who engages in promoting speculation cannot claim victim by the actions that speculation causes as they are one in the same - they equally cannot claim moral or superiority in profiting So think about it carefully before you engage - as you are your own police and prison