Calendar spreads are an option trade that involves selling a short-term option and buying a longer-term option with the same ...

Netflix (NFLX) stock has been in a severe downtrend for the best part of three months. Today, we’re looking at a calendar spread on Netflix stock. Calendar spreads are an option trade that involves ...

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, ...

Most investors think in terms of choosing companies that will rise in value over the long run. Yet some options strategies are designed to focus much more on the timing of gains. In particular, a ...

Calendar spread investments are gambles on the volatility of the long versus the short term. Volatility is key because this is an options strategy. The price of the stock is not as important as the ...

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 ...

Futures and options traders both trade calendar spreads, but the phrase has a different meaning depending on which type of derivative you’re using.

Most traders are drawn to futures markets for one reason: movement. Big moves create opportunity. But they also create instability — and instability is what often separates consistent traders from ...