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The long put calendar spread is a strategy designed to profit from a near-total coma in the underlying shares. Employing two different put options spread across two calendar months -- with a single ...

Calendar spreads are a versatile options strategy that allows traders to capitalize on time decay and changes in implied volatility. This strategy involves selling a short-term option while ...

The long call calendar spread is engineered to allow you to profit from fluctuations in time value. A so-called horizontal spread, the trade involves the sale of a shorter-term call and the ...

Exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) provide an easy way for investors to gain access to nearly any country or asset class. In addition to providing diversified exposure in a single U.S.-traded security, ...

Please Note: Blog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors. In this post I will be writing about an option strategy known as the Calendar Call Spread Option Strategy. To ...

Calendar spreads are an option trade that involves selling a short-term option and buying a longer-term option with the same strike. Traders can use calls or puts and they can be set up to be neutral, ...

I would like to continue my discussion of spreading time by describing diagonal calendar spread options. This spread, unlike the horizontal calendar spread, uses different strikes. It is a slightly ...

Calendar spreads are an option trade that involves selling a short-term option and buying a longer-term option with the same strike. Traders can use calls or puts and they can be set up to be neutral, ...

Netflix (NFLX) stock has been in a severe downtrend for the best part of three months. Today, we’re looking at a calendar spread on Netflix stock. Calendar spreads are an option trade that involves ...