Add training workflow, datasets, and runbook
This commit is contained in:
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
|
||||
390 Part Ill: Put Option Strategies
|
||||
The LEAPS put delta curve is flat, just as the call delta curve was. Moreover,
|
||||
the delta is not very large anywhere across the figure. For example, at-the-money 2-
|
||||
year LEAPS puts move only about 30 cents for a one-point move in the underlying
|
||||
stock. LEAPS put buyers who want to speculate on a stock's downward movement
|
||||
must realize that the leverage factor is not large; it takes approximately a 3-point
|
||||
move by the underlying common for an at-the-money LEAPS put to increase in
|
||||
value by one point. Long-term puts don't mirror stock movement nearly as well as
|
||||
shorter-term puts do.
|
||||
In summary, the option buyer who is considering buying LEAPS puts or calls as
|
||||
speculation should be aware of the different price action that LEAPS exhibit when
|
||||
compared to shorter-term options. Due to the large amount of time that LEAPS have
|
||||
remaining in their lives, the time decay of the LEAPS options is smaller. For this rea
|
||||
son, the LEAPS option buyer doesn't need to be as precise in his timing. In general,
|
||||
LEAPS calls move faster when the underlying stock moves, and LEAPS puts move
|
||||
more slowly. Other than that, the general reasons for speculative option buying apply
|
||||
to LEAPS as well: leverage and limited risk.
|
||||
SELLING LEAPS
|
||||
Strategies involving selling LEAPS options do not differ substantially from those
|
||||
involving shorter-term options. The discussions in this section concentrate on the two
|
||||
major differences that sellers of LEAPS will notice. First, the slow rate of time decay
|
||||
of LEAPS options means that option writers who are used to sitting back and watch
|
||||
ing their written options waste away will not experience the same effect with LEAPS.
|
||||
Second, follow-up action for writing strategies usually depends on being able to buy
|
||||
back the w1itten option when it has little or no time value premium remaining. Since
|
||||
LEAPS retain time value even when substantially in- or out-of-the-money, follow-up
|
||||
action involving LEAPS may involve the repurchase of substantial amounts of time
|
||||
value premium.
|
||||
COVERED WRITING
|
||||
LEAPS options can be sold against underlying stock just as short-term options can.
|
||||
No extra collateral or investment is required to do so. The resulting position is again
|
||||
one with limited profit potential, but enhanced profitability (as compared to stock
|
||||
ownership), if the underlying stock remains unchanged or falls. The maximum prof
|
||||
it potential of the covered write is reached whenever the underlying stock is at or
|
||||
above the striking price of the written option at expiration.
|
||||
The LEAPS covered writer takes in substantial premium, in terms of price,
|
||||
when he sells the long-term option. He should compare the return that he could
|
||||
Reference in New Issue
Block a user