A frequently mentioned strategy for acquiring shares of a desirable stock is that of selling naked puts and waiting to have the stock assigned....
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Dr. Edward Olmstead, Professor, Northwestern University Chief Options Strategist, Dr. Olmstead’s Options Trading Strategies We've all...

Dr. Edward Olmstead, Professor, Northwestern University Chief Options Strategist, Dr. Olmstead’s Options Trading Strategies The option...

Traders who implement a conversion strategy are taking advantage of overpriced assets by instantly liquidating (arbitraging) them to fair market...

Traders who implement a reversal strategy are taking advantage of under priced assets by instantly liquidating (arbitraging) them to fair market...

Traders who implement a short box strategy are taking advantage of overpriced assets by instantly liquidating (arbitraging) them to fair market...

Traders who implement a box spread or long box strategy are taking advantage of overpriced assets by instantly liquidating (arbitraging) them to fair...
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A trader who implements a synthetic short stock (split strikes) is betting that an asset's value will fall. The technique involves buying the same...

A trader who implements a synthetic short stock strategy is betting that an asset's value will fall. The technique involves buying the same number of...

Traders who implement a synthetic short call strategy are betting that the market price of an option's underlying asset will fall. The technique...

Traders who sell index calls are betting that the market prices of the index's underlying assets will fall. The strategy involves writing a call...
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Traders who implement a synthetic long put strategy are betting that the market price of an option's underlying asset will fall. The technique...

A trader who implements a put backspread strategy is betting that an asset's value will fall. The technique involves selling more put options than...
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Traders who implement a protective call strategy are protecting their short sales from surprise market rallies. The protective call acts as an...

Traders who implement an out-of-the-money naked call strategy are betting that the market price of an option's underlying asset will fall. The...