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Published in TZ Latest News 1 September, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff

Bear put spread vs bear call spread

Hi guys,

Theoretically, if your put and call IV is the same, there should be no difference in putting on a Bear Put spread and a bear call spread at the same strike. So in the attached example, why is the $1 bear call spread paying me 37 cents, whereas the $1 bear put spread costs 74 cents(assuming mid price execution)? The IVs are almost identical(I assume the IVs are based off mid), so I don’t think that is the issue. What am I missing here? Thanks for the help.

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