Various trading strategies
In the following table, we summarize several commonly used trading strategies involving various types of options:
Names |
Description |
Direction of initial cash-flow |
Expectation of future price movement |
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Bull spread with calls |
Buy a call (x1) sell a call (x2) [ x1< x2 ] |
Outflow |
Rise |
Bull spread with puts |
Buy a put (x1), sell a put (x2) [ x1< x2 ] |
Inflow |
Rise |
Bear spread with puts |
Buy a put (x2), sell a put (x1) [ x1 < x2 ] |
Outflow |
Fall |
Bear spread with calls |
Buy a call (x2), sell a call (x1) [x1 < x2 ] |
Inflow |
Fall |
Straddle |
Buy a call & sell a put with the same x |
Outflow |
Rise or fall |
Strip |
Buy two puts and a call (with the same x) |
Outflow |
Prob (fall) > prob (rise) |
Strap |
Buy two calls and one put (with the same x) |
Outflow |
Prob (rise)> prob(fall) |
Strangle |
Buy a call (x2) and buy a put (x1) [x1 < x2 ] |
Outflow |
Rise or fall |
Butterfly with calls |
Buy two calls (x1,x3) and sell two calls (x2) [x2=(x1+x3)/2] |
Outflow... |