Bull Call Spread
We know that a Bull Call spread is a bullish position, with limited profit potential and losses. It this sense, credit Call spreads are limited risks positions...
A Bull Call spread consists of Long Call and Short Call of a higher Strike price.
Let's take AAPL as a case study....with AAPL price trading at ~$196
Some traders like to establish
A) Long 200 Call + Short 220 Call and pay $5.41 premium
vs
B) Long 180 Call + Short 200 Call and pay $15.38 premium
P/L for A)
Max Profit = $14.59 ( $20 - $5.41)
Max Losses = $5.41
P/L for B)
Max Profit = $4.62
Max Losses = $15.38
A) has a lot of profit potential and losses are much lesser, when compared to B). Moreover, it costs less to establish A) than B).
QUIZ :
Which of the 2 positions is a better trade, if indeed there's any difference, given the following Greeks:
GREEKS of A)
Delta +43
Gamma +1.5
Theta -7
Vega -11.6
GREEKS of B)
Delta +37
Gamma -1.7
Theta +4.9 >> most are mistaken that Bullish option positions will always yield -ve theta.. clearly not true
Vega - 11
We know that a Bull Call spread is a bullish position, with limited profit potential and losses. It this sense, credit Call spreads are limited risks positions...
A Bull Call spread consists of Long Call and Short Call of a higher Strike price.
Let's take AAPL as a case study....with AAPL price trading at ~$196
Some traders like to establish
A) Long 200 Call + Short 220 Call and pay $5.41 premium
vs
B) Long 180 Call + Short 200 Call and pay $15.38 premium
P/L for A)
Max Profit = $14.59 ( $20 - $5.41)
Max Losses = $5.41
P/L for B)
Max Profit = $4.62
Max Losses = $15.38
A) has a lot of profit potential and losses are much lesser, when compared to B). Moreover, it costs less to establish A) than B).
QUIZ :
Which of the 2 positions is a better trade, if indeed there's any difference, given the following Greeks:
GREEKS of A)
Delta +43
Gamma +1.5
Theta -7
Vega -11.6
GREEKS of B)
Delta +37
Gamma -1.7
Theta +4.9 >> most are mistaken that Bullish option positions will always yield -ve theta.. clearly not true
Vega - 11
1 comment:
Great Post!!
Thank you so much for sharing this case study. I learnt a lot about Bull call Spreads from this study.
Actually, I am doing a research on forex trading from long time. So this will be a great help to me.
Keep sharing :)
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