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 ...

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 ...

Conversely, the value of a put option will depreciate when the price of the underlying it tracks rises or remains constant due to time decay. Buying puts can be a less capital-intensive way to gain ...

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 ...