Lists:
Last week’s missive began the introduction of the three major families of option trade constructions (see Learning the Various Trade Constructions Available for Options Trading). My purpose in this approach is to make the reader familiar with the concept that certain groups of trades share common characteristics. The reason for this approach is to try to render the selection of the specific trades the new option trader must consider in his quest to fit his price and time scenario to the multitude of option trades available for consideration.