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, ...

A bear put spread is a vertical spread that aims to profit from a stock declining in price. It has a bearish directional bias as hinted in the name. Unlike the bear call spread, it suffers from time ...

In this article, we explore a quantitative approach to spread trading with a slightly different setup than the classic model. Typically, spread trading involves going long on one asset and ...

With stocks in bullish mode it’s a good time to run Barchart’s Bull Call Spread Screener. A bull call spread is an options strategy that a trader uses when they believe the price of an underlying ...

Let’s start by stating the obvious. Commodities exist in the physical world. That means they are very different from stocks, bonds or cryptocurrencies. Those asset classes can move around the world ...

Leveraged trading with spread betting and contracts for difference (CFDs) isn’t for everyone. It certainly won’t form the core of a strategy for most MoneyWeek readers. However, for some people, short ...

A bear put spread is a vertical spread that aims to profit from a stock declining in price. It has a bearish directional bias as hinted in the name. Unlike the bear call spread, it suffers from time ...