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spread (continued)

comparisons, 113, 115–116

cover, 117–119

debit and credit, 116–117

diagonal, 112–113, 114

horizontal, 111, 114

modifications, 122–125

put, 119–125

ratio calendar spread,

123–125

short, 142–143

strategies, 109–116

vertical, 111, 114

stock selection

fundamental, 9–21, 52

technical, 22–26

strategies, 222–225

ground rules, 6–9,

218–222

objectives, 8–9

value, 19–21

straddle, 109–110, 125–130,

146–149, 180

strike price, 57

support level, 23

swing trading, 155, 163–176

tax risk, 206–209

time value premium, 64, 67,

71–72

trading range, 23–24

unavailable market risk,

204–206

uncovered calls, 61–62, 94–

99, 117–119

uncovered puts, 50, 62–63,

99–101

underlying security, 59

United Airlines, 197

value investors, 153, 234–235

vertical spread, 111, 114

volatility,