The broken wing butterfly is an option play that is also called a skip strike butterfly and can be constructed with calls or puts. It is an adjustment to a conventional butterfly option play. This strategy using call options consists of embedding a short call option spread inside of a long call butterfly spread. An […]
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The married put is an option trading play created usually when a trader is bullish on the stock in the long term but also wants to limit the downside risk of loss in the shorter term. This strategy gives the stock owner all the benefits of owning the stock like capital gains and dividends but
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In options trading, a debit spread or net debit spread play is created when a trader both buys an option with a higher premium and sells an option with a premium that is lower in price at the same time. The debit spread option play is when the value of options bought is greater than
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A reverse conversion option play is a type of arbitrage trade used to make money from selling the option premium of a put option that is priced too high but is structured in a way that profits regardless of the following price action of the underlying stock. This option play is created by opening three
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A bearish credit spread refers to an option play constructed so the value of the spread position increases if the price of the underlying stock falls. A bearish credit spread is constructed with two call options. A bear call spread or credit call spread is an option play that is one kind of vertical spread. A bear call spread
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A risk reversal option strategy play is a position that is constructed by selling short an out-of-the-money put options and also buying long an out-of-the-money call option that both have the same expiration date. The risk reversal option play simulates approximately the profit and loss of owning the underlying asset, it is also called a
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Here is the option play strategy guide from my Options 101 eCourse. The columns give the names of the option play and the sentiment that an option trader would have when they open the position. You can also see if whether the profit and risk is open ended or capped with the contract size if
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The Wheel Options Strategy or the Triple Income Strategy is an option play where an option trader tries to profit from a trade on a single stock in three different ways. Step 1 is where the trader sells cash secured put options and collects the premiums on a stock that they wanted to buy at a specific price to
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In option trading a straddle play is created when two option trades are opened in the same underlying asset at the same strike price at the same expiration date but with both a call and a put. One side of the option play will become higher priced in an uptrend and the other will move higher
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A ‘Poor Man’s’ Covered Call option play is a way for an option trader to structure a very similar type of risk/reward ratio as an ordinary covered call but with much less capital required. A ‘Poor Man’s’ Covered Call is another name for a Long Call Diagonal Debit Spread that is used to create a
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