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Extend a bear call spread with an extra long call. Credit strategy that profits from stock staying low or rallying sharply.
A credit spread that profits from stable or falling prices. Sell a call, buy a higher strike call for income with defined risk.
Extend a bear put spread with an extra short put. Debit strategy for moderate bearish views with reduced cost but downside risk.
A debit spread that profits from falling prices. Buy a put, sell a lower strike put for leveraged bearish exposure with defined risk.
Extend a bull call spread with an extra short call. Reduces cost but introduces unlimited upside risk if the stock rallies too far.
A vertical spread that profits from moderately bullish moves. Buy a call, sell a higher strike call for defined risk.
Extend a bull put spread with an extra long put. Credit strategy that profits from stock crash or staying above the upper breakeven.
A credit spread that profits from stable or rising prices. Sell a put, buy a lower strike put for income with defined risk.
Profit from time decay by selling short-dated calls against longer-dated calls at the same strike. A theta-positive income strategy.
Profit from time decay by selling short-dated puts against longer-dated puts at the same strike. Neutral to bearish theta strategy.
Generate income by selling call options against stock you own. Trades upside potential for immediate premium.
Generate income by selling put options against a short stock position. The bearish counterpart to covered calls.
Buy deep ITM call (long expiration), sell OTM call (short expiration). Bullish strategy combining stock-like exposure with income generation.
Buy deep ITM put (long expiration), sell OTM put (short expiration). Bearish strategy combining short-stock-like exposure with income generation.
Buy at channel floor, sell at ceiling. Trade price ranges using T-period highs and lows as support and resistance.
Buy 1 OTM call, sell 2 ATM calls, buy 1 ITM call at equidistant strikes. Low-cost neutral strategy with defined risk.
Buy ATM call and ATM put at same strike. Profits from large moves in either direction. Classic volatility play for earnings and events.
Buy OTM call and OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddle but requires larger move. Cost-effective volatility play.
Buy low-volatility stocks, avoid high-volatility stocks. Lower risk has historically meant higher risk-adjusted returns.
Exploit daily overreactions using Internal Bar Strength. Buy ETFs closing near their low, sell those closing near their high.
Generalize pairs trading to N correlated stocks. Short outperformers, buy underperformers within a sector or industry cluster.
Diversified trend-following across asset class ETFs using volatility-adjusted momentum weighting. Captures trends while controlling risk.
Combine multiple factors like value and momentum for diversified risk premiums. Negatively correlated factors provide powerful diversification.
Trade mean reversion between correlated stock pairs. Dollar-neutral strategy that profits from spread convergence.
Buy recent winners, sell recent losers. Exploits the tendency of stocks to continue their recent performance trajectory.
Hedge short stock positions by buying calls. The bearish counterpart to protective puts with capped upside risk.
Hedge downside risk by buying puts against stock positions. Classic portfolio insurance with unlimited upside.
Combine low R² (high selectivity) with high alpha to identify ETFs with genuine active management skill. Double-sort by R² and alpha.
Use regression residuals instead of raw returns for purer momentum signal. Removes factor exposure for reduced crash risk.
Combine OTM call and put at different strikes for directional exposure. Features a neutral zone between strikes with zero P&L.
Rotate into top-performing sector ETFs based on momentum. Exploits the tendency for sector performance to persist over intermediate horizons.
Sell ATM call and ATM put at same strike. Profits from low volatility and time decay. Unlimited risk if stock moves significantly.
Sell OTM call and OTM put at different strikes. Wider profit zone than straddle but lower premium. Unlimited risk beyond breakevens.
Replicate stock exposure using options. Buy call + sell put for long exposure, or reverse for short. Capital-efficient directional play.