Timeline for Why buy a vertical spread if I could instead buy a naked call?
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| Jul 21, 2019 at 17:37 | answer | added | JTP - Apologise to Monica♦ | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 21, 2019 at 15:41 | answer | added | Bob Baerker | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 24, 2018 at 12:30 | history | edited | Bob Baerker |
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| Nov 21, 2017 at 19:57 | comment | added | rocketman | fees are tiny compared to capital risk, so even 2x something tiny is still tiny. The real benefit of a call vertical is reducing the cost of the long call. Sure, it limits upside, but the trade should be about maximizing reward/risk. | |
| Nov 21, 2017 at 17:12 | answer | added | Matt | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 9, 2016 at 0:29 | vote | accept | sean2078 | ||
| May 9, 2016 at 0:29 | answer | added | sean2078 | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 2, 2016 at 16:51 | answer | added | user1731 | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 1, 2016 at 20:16 | comment | added | user1731 | You can actually buy/sell spreads as a single instrument: cboe.com/cob/cob.aspx so the fees might not be as a big a deal as you think. | |
| May 1, 2016 at 15:51 | comment | added | CQM | Out the money vertical spreads can gain a lot way before being close to the money. I would have to model a trade to give you a definite answer on how this can be better than buying calls. But check out deep out the money vertical spreads. | |
| May 1, 2016 at 12:41 | history | asked | sean2078 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |