Debit and Credit Verticals
Considering spread trading? Learn about buying and selling options at the same time to create a trade that could potentially minimize your risk and maximize your profits.
Bear Put Spread
Have you ever been bearish on a stock, index or ETF, but think buying a put is too expensive and selling short is too risky? You might want to consider a Bear Put Spread. Watch this video to see how this strategy can allow investors to benefit when markets are dropping.
Bull Call Spread
This video will explain how you express a bullish opinion with a spread strategy that requires less capital risk.
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How Iron Condors Can Be Used To Generate Income
An iron condor spread works by selling one call spread and one put spread at the same expiration date.
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Understanding the Protective Put
The protective put strategy is one way to potentially help mitigate the risk of a loss of capital.
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The Directional Butterfly
This rebroadcast from the OIC webinar program will guide you through how the butterfly strategy works.
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Calendar Spread Trading Strategies Explained
Time spreads, also known as calendar or horizontal spreads, can be a great options strategy. Generally, they involve both short- and long-term positions over differing expiration months that can be used as bullish, bearish or neutral strategies, making them appropriate for a number of investment scenarios.
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Bear Call Spread (Call Credit Spread)
Looking to potentially earn premium income with limited risk, and/or profit from a decline in an underlying stock's price? A bear call spread option strategy could be the answer.
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Iron Butterfly
Looking for a range-bound or sideways options trading strategy? The iron butterfly strategy may be useful for this outlook, allowing the investor to keep the net premium received as a profit when the options expire worthless.
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Iron Condor
What strategy might be useful when an investor believes that a stock stay within a certain range by expiration? This is investor might turn to the Iron Condor strategy.
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Bull Put Spread (Put Credit Spread)
A bull put spread is an options strategy that investors may use to profit from a moderate rise in the price of the underlying stock.
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What Is a Credit Spread and How Does It Work
OIC instructor Mark Benzaquen reviews the core mechanics of credit spreads — what a net credit means, how the short and long legs function and why defined risk matters for option sellers.
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The Bull Put Spread: Structure, Risk and Reward
Learn how a bull put spread is constructed, what happens at expiration under different scenarios, and how maximum gain, loss and break-even are calculated.
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A Bull Put Spread Case Study
Through this case study, learn how to apply bull put spread mechanics to a hypothetical stock, showing how strike selection, premium collected and expiration outcomes translate into real profit and loss numbers.
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The Bear Call Spread: Structure and Expiration Scenarios
OIC instructor Mark Benzaquen explains how a bear call spread is set up, what the short and long call legs each do, and what happens to the position when the stock finishes above, between or below the strikes.
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Debit and Credit Spreads: The Basics Explained
A spread combines two or more option positions in a one-to-one ratio, which sets a defined risk and reward before the trade is placed.
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Strike Selection for Debit Spreads
Learn about the mechanics of a debit spread, including strike selection for a Bull Call Spread and a Bear Put Spread.
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