StratagemTrade – Advanced Risk Reversal (Class Only) – Scott (J.L Lord)

A Risk Reversal is perhaps the ideal strategy for a directional trade that is more forging than a long option or vertical spread. By strategically placing a long vertical call spread and a short put spread (or the reverse), traders mitigate volatility, skew and time premium risk associated with a directional trade such as a vertical spread, while allowing a huge room for the market to move in the wrong direction without a loss. That doesn’t happen with a long call or put spread. The key to this trade is the correct selection of strike prices, width of vertical spreads, expiration dates, and adjustment/hedging techniques. Perhaps this is why so many large traders and firms use this strategy as a speculation and hedging tool. This is a strategy we are going to be using very often in POT classes during this low volatility environment that is frustrating most traders.