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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 ...

Netflix (NFLX) stock has been in a severe downtrend for the best part of three months. Today, we’re looking at a calendar ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...