Back Spreads and Ratio Spreads
Back Spread and Ratio Spreads involve putting on an unbalanced amount of Long and Short Options.
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If we have more Long Options than Short, the position is called a Back Spread and if we have more Short Options than Long, the position is called a Ratio Spread. In a Ratio spread, you have unlimited losses on one side because you have more Short Options. The Back Spread is part of the BUSY PROFESSIONAL SERIES can be constructed in many creative ways, and we show you how you can manage different strike prices as well as different ratios of Long and Short Options to construct an optimal Back Option Spreads. We don’t recommend Ratio spreads as they have an unlimited loss potential.
- Philosophy of Back and Ratio spreads
- Understanding the “Vally of Death" and avoiding it
- Greeks in a back Spread
- Why this is a Volatility strategy
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