A number of different techniques and strategies are available to option investors to help assist them in achieving consistent and reliable monthly income from the option market.

Several examples include: the calendar spread, the iron condor spread, the butterfly spread, the double diagonal, and the Credit Spread – also know and referred to as the Vertical Spread.

The vertical spread is actually a very important and core strategy that is found in many if not all option strategies – including the ones just mentioned. As an example of this, look at the iron condor. This strategy is simply just two vertical spreads – one placed above where the stock being used is trading at – and one below.

Also take a look at the butterfly. This strategy is comprised of verticals as well. One in the upper half of the position and one in the lower half. Also the iron butterfly is made up of two credit – or vertical spreads. A put vertical and a call vertical – both sold at a credit.

Vertical spreads can be used with both put and call options. A bearish vertical is called a bear call spread, which is placed using calls above where the underlying vehicle is currently trading at. A bullish play is called a bull put spread, which is a vertical spread using puts placed below where the stock or index being used is trading at.

Following is an illustration of a bear call vertical spread on the imaginary stock XYZ…

Sell 5 RIMM 50 Call Purchase 5 RIMM 50 Call

This hypothetical vertical spread will profit if the stock XYZ stays where it is trading at (or in other words NOT go up) – or heads down. It is a bearish play.

This position is called a bull put spread due to the fact that even though the position is created using put options, it is being placed in such a way that generates a profit if and when the stock being used moves bullishly.

If XYZ does in fact move downwards (or at least stay in the general area where it is currently trading at and NOT go up) this position will be a spread winning trade and the premium collected at the start of the trade can remain as profit in the traders account.

Want to find out more about how to trade the Vertical Spread for monthly income, then visit Ted Nino’s site on how to trade this strategy as well as the Credit Spread for monthly cashflow.

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It’s been a while since I updated blog, when I was discussing about Usd/Cad, and a buying opportunity from around 1.0250 to 1.0300 support region. Well, the pair gained more than 400 pips from there, with a nice impulsive leg (red labels) from a wave 2 low as shown on our chart below. Once five waves hit the 1.0665 highs in the past week the pair reversed with a nice three wave move; called a correction, which should be a blue wave (ii), sub-wave of a larger black wave 3 leg. [I:http://forexs-investments.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/GregaHorvat0.gif]

Wave (ii) may have already completed around 1.0470, as the prices bounced quite powerfully from there over the past few hours. In fact, a recent reversal from the support zone appeared in a territory of a red wave ii) of a smaller degree, plus at equality level of waves c) and a). Usd/cad definitely looks bullish from here, towards and even above past week highs, where a breakout should be very powerful if we keep in mind that blue wave (iii) should be the case. If you are looking for a long opportunity here, then you know where your stops now should be. Risk is very small here, and award very huge

I was also monitoring oil price action very closely for the past few weeks, and I can see that is also showing the same, long dollar set-up, after a three wave bounce from the 70.70 region. Click here for more details and a chart.

However, before you pull a trigger, you should keep an eye on the US stock market (today’s close), especially S&P 500 1070 level and a falling trend line from the 1130 region, which should not be broken for dollar bulls to remain in play. [I:http://forexs-investments.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/GregaHorvat1.gif]

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