A long put options strategy can potentially reap the profits you want from a decline in stock price without putting a lot of your cash at risk. Say you’re bearish on ABC stock, betting the ...

When you buy a long put option on a stock, it's because you expect the shares to decline. In a long put spread, however, you probably have a more concrete downside target in mind. Rather than ...

However, long options suffer from time decay, and the value may decrease each day the underlying does not move toward the strike price. As a result, the underlying must drop at a greater velocity ...

The long put calendar spread is a strategy designed to profit from a near-total coma in the underlying shares. Employing two different put options spread across two calendar months -- with a ...