Horizontal spread

Horizontal Spread
An option spread involving the simultaneous purchase and sale of options of the same class and strike prices but different expiration dates. See Diagonal Spread, Vertical Spread. Also called Time spread.
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Horizontal Spread An options strategy where you make a simultaneous purchase and sale of two options of the same type with the same strike price but different expiration dates.

Horizontal Spread
An option strategy in which the options have the same striking price, but different expiration dates.

Horizontal Spread
An options strategy involving the simultaneous purchase and sale of two options of the same type, having the same strike price, but different expiration dates.
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Horizontal Spread
Strategy for simultaneous selling and buying two options that only differ in their maturity dates (time between issuing a bond or other security and the date on which it becomes payable in full).
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Horizontal Spread: Spreads between options with the same exercise price but different expiration dates. Also known as calendar or time spreads.

Horizontal spread
The simultaneous purchase and sale of two options that differ only in their expiration dates.
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Horizontal Spread
A horizontal spread happens when you buy an option and sell an option on the same stock with the same strike price, but with different expiration dates.

Horizontal Spread: Purchasing either a call or put options' and simultaneously selling the same type of option with the same strike price but a different expiration month.

Horizontal spread: An options spread position in which the strike prices are the same, but the expiration months are different. Also known as time spreads and calendar spreads.

Horizontal Spread: The purchase of either a call or put option and the simultaneous sale of the same type of option with typically the same strike price but with a different expiration month. Also referred to as a calendar spread.
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Horizontal spread
An option strategy which generally involves the purchase of a farther-term option (Call or put) and the writing of an equal number of nearer-term options of the same type and strike price.

See Horizontal Spread.
Call Option
The buyer of a call option acquires the right, but not the obligation, to purchase a particular futures contract at a stated price on or before a particular date.

A Horizontal Spread is a spread where the 2 options differ in expiration date. You Sell the Closer option, and Buy the Further option. You close the position once the Closer expiration date nears.

Calendar Spread Also known as a time or horizontal spread. This spread consists of buying and selling options with different expirations but the same strike price.

Horizontal spread: Another name for a time spread.
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Sometimes referred to as a horizontal spread, the main function of the time spread is to allow the investor to continue enjoying the returns on the options involved.

Calendar Spread - the same as Horizontal Spread.
Call Option - it is the right but not the obligation giving to the buyer of a call option to purchase a particular futures contract at a stated price on or before a particular date.

Calendar Spread: See Interdelivery Spread and Horizontal Spread.
Call Option: An option that gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, ...

A spread between two call options or two put options with different strike prices and different expiration dates. See also: Horizontal Spread, Vertical Spread
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Time Spread: The selling of a nearby option and buying of a more deferred option with the same strike price. Also called Horizontal Spread.

a strike price of $20 and the sale of a June call with the same strike price. An investor would use a calendar spread in order to profit from a change in the price difference as the securities move closer to maturity. Also called horizontal spread, ...

horizontal spread An option strategy involving the purchase and sale of put options and call options... hostile takeover A takeover which goes against the wishes of the target firm's management and board of directors.

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