Add training workflow, datasets, and runbook
This commit is contained in:
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
|
||||
226 Part II: Call Option Strategies
|
||||
more heavily on the near-term April calls than on the longer-term July call. Once the
|
||||
strategist has this information, he might then look at a chart of the underlying stock.
|
||||
If there is resistance for XYZ below 53, his eventual break-even point at April expi
|
||||
ration, he could then feel more confident about this spread.
|
||||
FOLLOW-UP ACTION
|
||||
The main purpose of defensive action in this strategy is to limit losses if the stock
|
||||
should rally before April e:xJ)iration. The strategist should be quick to close out the
|
||||
spread before any serious losses accrue. The long call quite adequately compen
|
||||
sates for the losses on the short calls up to a certain point, a fact demonstrated in
|
||||
Table 12-1. However, the stock cannot be allowed to run. A rule of thumb that is
|
||||
often useful is to close the spread if the stock breaks out above technical resistance
|
||||
or if it breaks above the eventual break-even point at expiration. In the example
|
||||
above, the strategist would close the spread if, at any time, XYZ rose above 53
|
||||
(before April expiration, of course).
|
||||
If a significant amount of time has passed, the strategist might act even more
|
||||
quickly in closing the spread. As was shown earlier, if the stock rallies to 50 with only
|
||||
a few weeks of time remaining, the spread may actually be at a slight profit at that
|
||||
time. It is often the best course of action to take the small profit, if the stock rises
|
||||
above the striking price.
|
||||
TABLE 12-1.
|
||||
Break-even points changing over time.
|
||||
Estimated Estimated
|
||||
Days Remaining until Break-Even Point April 50 July 50
|
||||
April Expiration (Stock Price) Price Price
|
||||
90 45 11/2
|
||||
60 48 Jl/2 21/2
|
||||
30 51 21/2 4 1/2
|
||||
0 53 3 51/2
|
||||
THE PROBABILITIES ARE GOOD
|
||||
This is a strategy with a rather large probability of profit, provided that the defensive
|
||||
action described above is adhered to. The spread will make money if the stock never
|
||||
rallies above the striking price, since the spread is established for a credit. This in
|
||||
Reference in New Issue
Block a user