Calendar spreads are an option trade that involves selling a short-term option and buying a longer-term option with the same strike. Traders can use calls or puts and they can be set up to be neutral, ...

Calendar spreads are an option trade that involves selling a short-term option and buying a longer-term option with the same strike. Traders can use calls or puts and they can be set up to be neutral, ...

XLP is an ideal candidate for neutral options strategies due to its defensive nature, low volatility, and current near-fair valuation. With XLP's implied volatility at very low levels, a Calendar ...

Changes will align the calendar spread treatment for single-stock derivatives with that of index derivatives and provide ...

Please Note: Blog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors. One way to cover a short position is to own 100 shares of the underlying stock. Another, more creative way is to ...

Sebi has changed margin rules for single stock derivatives. Traders will no longer get lower margins on expiry day for ...

Calendar spreads — buying one futures contract month and selling another in the same commodity — are among the most structurally powerful tools in futures trading. But identifying truly ...

I would like to continue my discussion of spreading time by describing diagonal calendar spread options. This spread, unlike the horizontal calendar spread, uses different strikes. It is a slightly ...

The regulator has standardized margin treatment by denying expiry-day calendar spread benefits for single stocks. This provides time for clients to arrange margins or close ...

Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) announced on Thursday evening that it has decided to remove the calendar spread benefits for single stock derivatives on expiry day.