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Using a Bull Call Spread

Stan Bevers, Stephen H. Amosson, Mark Waller and, Kevin Dhuyvetter (September, 2008)

Summary

The bull call spread can be used to hedge against or to benefit from a rising market. The user buys a call option at a particular strike price and sells a call option at a higher strike price. Margin requirements and advantages and disadvantages of this strategy are explained.