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Bearish Short Seagull Spread

Aim:

Capital Gain

Cost:

Zero Cost

Trader’s Outlook:

Bearish

Description:

This option trading strategy is a bear put spread financed with a sale of an OTM call option. It amounts to a short position in an OTM put option with a strike price K1 , a long position in an ATM put option with a strike price K2 , and a short position in an OTM call option with a strike price K3 . Ideally, the trade should be structured to have zero cost. The trader’s outlook is bearish. This is a capital gain strategy.

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