According to Bobby Ong, traders bullish on ETH are weighing which instrument delivers the best leveraged exposure, making it essential to compare liquidity, costs, and risk across venues (source: Bobby Ong on X). Regulated futures: CME lists Ether futures and options that are cash-settled and funding-free but introduce a term-structure basis that can be earned or paid depending on curve shape (source: CME Group). Centralized exchange perpetual swaps offer deep liquidity and flexible leverage but charge funding that fluctuates with sentiment and add exchange counterparty risk (source: Binance Futures). ETH options provide convex upside with defined risk via calls or call spreads, shifting the focus to implied volatility and skew rather than funding rates (source: Deribit). On-chain leverage via stETH or wstETH loops on Aave amplifies exposure and yield but adds liquidation, LST depeg, and variable borrow APR risks (source: Aave; source: Lido). Decentralized perps enable self-custody leverage with on-chain settlement but have funding and liquidity/oracle risk trade-offs versus CEX perps (source: dYdX). Leveraged tokens offer auto-rebalanced exposure without margin management but suffer rebalancing decay, suiting short-term momentum rather than long-term holds (source: Binance Leveraged Tokens). In practice, regulated and funding-free leverage is often achieved with dated CME futures, while short-term momentum traders may favor liquid perps, and vol-focused traders can use long-dated calls or call spreads to cap downside (sources: CME Group; Binance Futures; Deribit).