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Vertical Bull Put Spread Question?
I have a vertical bull put spread on a stock. The stock was trading around $67 yesterday. And I sold a 70 put vertical (sold 70 put, bought 65 put). Today the stock pulls back and both of the puts are now in the money with different prices. My question is: Do I need to calculate the strikes with the new prices or with the original ones that I bought and sold. Lets say I sold 70 put for $3 and now it's $4 and I bought 65 put $1 now its $1.5. Which one is my strike 67(original) or 66(after stock declines)? Thank you.
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- zman492Lv 710 years agoFavorite Answer
The strike price for the $70 put was, is and always will be $70. Similarly, the strike price for the $65 put will remain at $65 forever. The only time the strike price changes is when the option is adjusted due to a stock split, extraordinary dividend, take-over, or other event that changes the underlying shares after the option contract was opened.
The only significance of $67 at the time you opened the spread is that is the breakeven point (at expiration) for short $70 option if you ignore the long $65 option. However, since you opened a spread that breakeven point is not particularly significant. The significant breakeven point is the breakeven point for the entire spread which is $68 ($70 - $3 + $1). Your net credit when you opened the spread was $2 per share, and if the stock is $68 at expiration it will cost to $2 per share to close the spread.
Your maximum profit is $2 per share if the stock is above $70 at expiration. Your maximum loss is $3 per share if the stock is below $65 per share at expiration. Once the position is open your breakeven point, maximum profit possible and maximum loss possible are all fixed. They do not change due to a change in the stock price. The only way to change them is to adjust your spread through one or more additional trades.
- Anonymous4 years ago
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Source(s): Automated Binary Trading http://netint.info/AdvancedTradingTechnology - JoeyVLv 710 years ago
Huh? When you buy or sell the option the strike is fixed. You have two options with two strikes.