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Strategy # 8: Multiple Contracts and Weighting with Ratio Calendar Spreads

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The many variations of swing trading with options have mainly involved one type of option and equal balance: long or short, put or call, and the same number of contracts in both bullish and bearish conditions. This chapter examines a variation of this approach.

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Thomsett, M.C. (2013). Strategy # 8: Multiple Contracts and Weighting with Ratio Calendar Spreads. In: Options for Swing Trading. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137344113_18

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