Some remedial options 099.
A short put vertical is = a long call vertical. It's the box arbitrage. Long one and short the other is a rates-arb on the strike diff.
Moron doesn't know this so he went DITM with the puts as he thinks he's gaming the system. Ra's trade is identical to buying the 155/160 call spread. Really. It is.
A short put vertical is = a long call vertical. It's the box arbitrage. Long one and short the other is a rates-arb on the strike diff.
Moron doesn't know this so he went DITM with the puts as he thinks he's gaming the system. Ra's trade is identical to buying the 155/160 call spread. Really. It is.