The selection and management of a vertical spread are only two-thirds of the game. Closing out, rolling or morphing the position has to be analyzed and executed with the same due diligence.
Looking at the closing out of a vertical call spread, we find there are three possible outcomes. The spread can finish out-of-the-money and valueless. [...]
Vertical spreads can have various names. The same vertical spread could be called several different things by several different people. We have used two terms only: vertical call spread and vertical put spread. Each of these two spreads allows for two positions, long and short.
The long vertical call spread is constructed by buying one call [...]
Perhaps among the most difficult and maybe the riskiest type of trading is option trading. Many experienced traders realize that option trading does not suit all traders. It selects its own type of people, generally the risk takers. And the trade itself requires skills and thinking unique only to people who won’t fold under extreme [...]
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Andy was a successful small business owner who discovered a passion for trading in the 1980s. He became a technical analyst for CTS Financial Publishing and during his time there he was CTS Editor In Chief, overseeing the Futures, Futures Options, and Stock Options publications [...]
We all know that many opportunities exist in Option Trading today. Wherever you turn, someone is waiting to inform you of the tremendous profits to be realized within the stock and the futures markets. Nevertheless, many people are unaware of the derivative trading possibilities that are available within and across several different markets.
Option Trading is [...]
When vertical spreads are mentioned, they quite often come with monikers such as ‘bull’ and ‘bear’. This lends most to think of vertical spreads as directional plays which is true. However, vertical spreads can be used to take advantage of two other potential trading opportunities – time decay and volatility movement.
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Many traders love the idea of currency options, they have unlimited gains and limited risk sounds great in theory, but in practice 90% expire worthless!
This article is all about how the pros use currency options to generate big consistent gains and how the losing majority don’t understand the odds of success.
This article will give [...]
Many of the more common commodity trading strategies actually serve two purposes. The turn of a profit is but one. A hedge is the other purpose. Hedging is a method of minimizing risks by attempting to purchase some form of insurance. As well as minimizing risks, it also usually caps potential [...]
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Letâs be clear on this. There is no other option trading strategy that can outshine or even equal the profit generating potential of the sport of writing naked options. The term âsportâ is used here because those who practice this money making trading technique not only turn out fabulous profits but also have fun [...]