Abbott Laboratories: An Extra 31% With This Low Risk Technique
However, one should always hedge oneself just in case the situation takes a turn for the worse, and that is where the bull put spread comes into play. You simultaneously sell one out of the money put and purchase one put that is farther out of the …
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Retail ETF draws big put spread
While the latter was done against greater open interest, it appears that the trader is closing a long put position and opening a new put spread in November. The trader spends a net $ 0.10 to get downside exposure in the XRT to $ 58. This could be an …
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Yahoo! Bear Bets on Post-Earnings Struggles
Digging deeper, it seems one skeptical speculator used a number of puts on Friday to construct a bear put spread in the November series of options. Specifically, one block of 17,250 November 14-strike puts were sold for $ 0.07, while a symmetrical block …
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