What Are LEAPS Options?
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What are LEAPS Options?
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An options trader may wish to trade with a longer timeline than with regular options
contracts.
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In this case he or she may choose LEAPS
options. What are LEAPS options?
LEAPS is an acronym.
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A Long Term Equity AnticiPation Security
is an option with longer term until
expiration than other options.
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There are LEAPS available for well over two thousand equities
as well as nearly two dozen indexes.
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What are LEAPS Options for Traders?
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LEAPS are way to buy or sell puts or calls on
contracts that commonly run for up
to three years.
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This is as opposed to the three, six, and nine month
terms for commonly traded options. What are
LEAPS options for investors?
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They are a means of hedging risk through
online options trading.
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As an example, an investor may purchase
shares of a rapidly rising stock and also
buys puts on the stock.
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This way he guards against an unexpected
correction of the stock.
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If the stock falls in price he executes the
put option and sells his stock at the
contract or strike price,
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even though the market price may have
fallen significantly.
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The Chicago Board Options Exchange,
part of the CME group, offers a wide range of
LEAPS options contracts.
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What are LEAPS options via CBOE for
investors?
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Buying LEAPS calls with three year
expirations is similar to buying stocks.
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The long term of a LEAPS contract,
allows for the trader to profit from steady
growth and prosperity of a company,
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and not have to try anticipating a short
term move in the stock price.
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As mentioned above investors also
use puts to preserve stock gains
using LEAPS contracts.
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This provides insurance against a
fall in price of the stock.
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It should be noted that traders pay for the
increased time value of a LEAPS options
contract.
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They cost more than regular options
contracts.
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What are LEAPS options for options
writers?
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As with all options trading, sells typically
outperform options buyers over the long
term.
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Options writers of LEAPS demand a
higher price for selling puts and calls on
LEAPS because of the time until expiration.
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Three years is a long time in the world of
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and this can spell good profits for
options writers and it can spell the
occasional disaster.
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As will all options, the bulk of options writing
is done by large trading houses
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and others with deep pockets because of
the risk of an occasional substantial
loss.
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Trading Stock Indexes with LEAPS
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Many traders and investors choose to
trade LEAPS options on index traded funds.
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This approach has to do with investing in or
betting against the overall economy and
market.
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As will nearly all options trading one
does not need to hold the LEAPS contract to
expiration.
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Traders will exit their position by executing the opposite trade in
order to secure profits or reduces losses.
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So, what are LEAPS options
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They are a longer than usual options contract that provides a longer time span for making profits in both stocks
and stock indexes.
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The options trading strategies
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and a combination of fundamental and technical factors.
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