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rock31
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vertical spread

July 18th, 2006, 12:30 pm

What is the vertical spread?How to use the vertical spread? What the vertical spread is betting on?Thanks alot.
 
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macca9
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vertical spread

July 19th, 2006, 12:46 pm

A vertical spread is just a simulatenous purchase and sale of an option with the same expiry but different strikes. This can be a bull spread (limited upside and downside but positive one delta in between the strike prices) or bear speard (same as bull spread but negative one delta in between).
 
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rock31
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vertical spread

July 20th, 2006, 11:50 am

macca9,Thank you so much. Have a good day.