The diagonal put spread buys a long term put and sells a short term put. There are various relationships of days to expiration, deltas and price that the trader needs to decide between. Optimizing the ...

Options are an increasingly popular way for traders to play the market, and it’s no surprise why. Options let you make some big money if you’re right, potentially multiplying your money, perhaps in ...

A bullish diagonal spread is an advanced option trade and generally not suitable for beginners, but it can have its place within an option portfolio. It is a bullish strategy that benefits from time ...

Please Note: Blog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors. Our previous article on the diagonal spread trade pointed out how this strategy incorporates the best features of ...

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 ...