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vertical spread

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Vertical Spread
An options trading strategy with which a trader makes a simultaneous purchase and sale of two options of the same type that have the same expiration dates but different strike prices.

Notes:
Profits are determined by the widening or narrowing of the difference between the option premiums on the two positions.

Vertical spread
Simultaneous purchase and sale of two options that differ only in their exercise price. See: Horizontal spread.
vertical spread
See money spread.


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