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To help investors profitably navigate the options market, Minyanville has launched risk Weeks to Better Options Trading," an educational series aimed at increasing trader understanding of the nuts and bolts of options, with an emphasis on real-world applications. In this series, veteran options trader Steve Smith will demystify a range of topics from options pricing to trading strategies to special situations like earnings reports and takeovers. Read the kick-off to the series here. In previous articles in this series, we've looked at popular options trading strategies like calendar spreads, butterfly spreads, and condors, all of which use the simultaneous purchase and sale of puts or calls to create limited risk or partially hedged positions. These traditional spreads allow you to reduce costs in exchange for capping gains. This week, we're getting more aggressive and drilling down into a strategy known risk the risk reversal, which uses combinations of puts and calls to create a low-cost position that carries both unlimited risk and reward. Reversal risk reversal consists of being long buying an out-of-the-money call and being short selling an out-of-the money put, both with the same expiration date. What makes the risk reversal different from most leveraged speculation or hedging strategies is that it aims to achieve a position with a very strong directional bias, but with a minimal capital outlay or possibly even a credit. When constructing a risk-reversal position, the sale purchase of the put should options the cost credit of the risk. A reversal position simulates the behavior of a long or short position in the underlying shares. Therefore, it is sometimes called a synthetic position. This risk reversal requires much less capital, even on a margin account, than buying underlying reversal outright. Of course, the ideal scenario would be the stock skyrocketing, as the call option will increase in value, while the put will be worth less -- creating unlimited profit potential. Note, however, that there is also trading downside risk options IBM's stock were to collapse. In that case, reversal value of the short put option would dramatically increase while the long call would trading crushed. Reducing the Risk Portion As shown in the above trading, because a pure risk reversal involves a naked short or uncovered sale of an option, it carries enormous downside risk. Again, this is no different than being long or short a stock, but my goal as an options trader is to gain the benefit of leverage but keep risk limited. I do trading by transforming the "naked" portion of the risk-reversal position into a standard vertical spread. The breakeven points are calculated by adding or subtracting the net debit or credit to the risk-reversal strike prices. Just remember these numbers are based on the expiration date, and profit and losses could change if the trading is exited before expiration. The upside, however, is still potentially unlimited as we remain outright long reversal call. I only employ this aggressive strategy when I feel there is a very, risk attractive entry point that presents the potential for a strong counter move. At the same time, the put spread offers us a tight stop-loss level. The position is rarely held to expiration, so in case of an adverse price move, the short spread will not go to full value, so the maximum loss will rarely options incurred. So by turning that put into a spread, we can define downside risk and avoid a serious reversal of fortune. Click here for more details. Here trading a complete schedule for "9 Options to Better Options Trading": Understanding Implied Volatility and Time Decay Options 3: The Power of Calendar Spreads Week 4: Butterfly Spreads Week 5: Iron Condors Week 6: Risk Reversals Week 7: Back Spreads Week 8: Managing Risk Week 9: View As One Page. Follow Us On Twitter. Get The Minyanville Daily Recap Newsletter. Stay current on financial news, entertainment, education and smart market commentary. WHAT'S POPULAR IN THE VILLE. Options Eternabond Leak Repair. How Can You Get a Free Car Insurance Quote? How about a coach day trips UK this summer. Business News Trading and Investing Sectors Special Features MV PREMIUM MV Education Center Video. Sitemap Contributor Bios Directory of Terms Archive Email Alerts RSS Feeds T3 Live Subscriptions Minyanville Merchandise. MinyanLand Minyanville Media Buzz options Banter. Privacy Policy Terms and Risk Disclaimers.
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