Options Hedging- Calendars, Diagonals and Ratio spreads

Hedging with options has become one of the popular investment strategies. Calendars, Diagonals and Ratio spread strategies are very popular hedging techniques.

Calendars and Diagonals are very popular especially during low IV scenario which has positive effect due to with positive Theta and IV along with less margin requirement.

Front Ratio Spreads are high probability trades with high risk and high reward. Risk can be easily reduced using various adjustment techniques.

Back Ratio Spreads have defined risk with unlimited reward. Best suitable high volatile scenarios.

So learning these 3 strategies and various types in these will be very useful for the people who are looking for option hedging strategies.

In this course I will cover the following aspects

• Long calendar spread vs Short calendar

• Call calendar

• Put calendar

  • Key features

  • Key metrics

  • Payoff diagrams

  • Impact of various market Scenarios

  • Adjustment techniques

• Long diagonal vs Short diagonal

• Bull call diagonal

• Bear call diagonal

• Bull put diagonal

• Bear put diagonal

  • Key features

  • Types of Diagonals

  • Metrics

• Front Ratio Spread

  • Front call spread

  • Front put spread

• Back ratio Spread

  • Back call spread

  • Back put spread

    • Key features

    • Types of Ratio Spreads

    • Metrics

    • Payoff diagrams

    • Adjustment techniques

At the end of this course you will be in a better position to deploy these strategies for hedging in various market scenarios.

Anybody who has basic understanding of option buying and option selling can enroll for this course.