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Horizontal Spread
An options strategy involving the simultaneous purchase and sale of two options of the same type, having the same strike price, but different expiration dates.

Notes:
An example of this would be the purchase of a December 20 call and the sale of a June 20 call. This strategy is used to profit from a change in the price difference as the securities move closer to maturity.

Also referred to as calendar spread or time spread.


Horizontal spread
The simultaneous purchase and sale of two options that differ only in their expiration dates.

horizontal spread


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When it comes to flowering and longevity, the hormonal balance of ivy geraniums favors vertical growth, whether up or down, as opposed to the horizontal spread they assume in a planter bed.
The potential for horizontal spread cannot be ruled out since we detected viral RNA in gut, stool, and trachea; clinical signs developed in all cats, and all died from the acute illness 2-4 days after the chicken deaths began; therefore, simultaneous exposure seems likely.
Kalman's conceptions of these travelers sprawl across the long horizontal spread in full color or ink outline, large-size or miniature: lovers embracing, businessmen rushing, children crying.
 
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