12 professional strategies for every market outlook
Buy a call at lower strike, sell at higher strike. Reduces cost & loss but caps profit.
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Sell a put, buy protective put below. Collect premium with defined risk.
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Sell call, buy higher call. Collect premium, profit if stock stays flat/down.
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Buy protective put, sell lower put. Collect premium with defined downside.
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Sell call + put, buy further OTM calls/puts. Maximum theta decay, wide profit zone.
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Sell ATM options, buy wings. Peak profit if stock ends exactly at strike.
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Create narrow profit zone at middle strike. High probability, small reward.
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Like butterfly but wider. More forgiving range, less max profit.
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Exploit time decay on near term while holding long-term insurance.
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Different strikes + expirations. Best of both worlds: directional + theta.
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Own stock, buy downside insurance, sell upside to pay for it.
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Riskless box: if prices correct, profit box width minus cost.
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