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Options spreads are the basic building blocks of many options trading strategies. [6] A spread position is entered by buying and selling options of the same class on the same underlying security but with different strike prices or expiration dates. An option spread shouldn't be confused with a spread option.
A long call is the purchase of a call option. A long call offers the right, but not the obligation, to purchase a stock (or other asset) at a specific price by a specific date, at which point the ...
The synthetic long put position consists of three elements: shorting one stock, holding one European call option and holding dollars in a bank account. (Here is the strike price of the option, and is the continuously compounded interest rate, is the time to expiration and is the spot price of the stock at option expiration.)
Call options explained: How they work. Call options are “in the money” when the stock price is above the strike price. The call owner can exercise the option, putting up cash to buy the stock ...
A jelly roll consists of a long call and a short put with one expiry date, and a long put and a short call with a different expiry date, all at the same strike price. [3] [4] In other words, a trader combines a synthetic long position at one expiry date with a synthetic short position at another expiry date.
A long box-spread can be viewed as a long synthetic stock at a price plus a short synthetic stock at a higher price . A long box-spread can be viewed as a long bull call spread at one pair of strike prices, K 1 {\displaystyle K_{1}} and K 2 {\displaystyle K_{2}} , plus a long bear put spread at the same pair of strike prices.
A long butterfly options strategy consists of the following options: Long 1 call with a strike price of (X − a) Short 2 calls with a strike price of X; Long 1 call with a strike price of (X + a) where X = the spot price (i.e. current market price of underlying) and a > 0. Using put–call parity a long butterfly can also be created as follows:
A long condor consists of four options of the same type (all calls or all puts). [1] The options at the outer strikes are bought and the inner strikes are sold (and the reverse is done for a short condor). [1] The difference between the two lowest strikes must be the same as the difference between the two highest strikes. [1]