Glossary · Trading basics · V
Vertical spread in plain English.
Two options of the same type and expiration, one bought and one sold at different strikes. Both the profit and the loss are capped.
Track
Trading basics
29 terms in this track
Taught in
Vertical spreads: debit and credit
In the index
120 of 129
Filed under V
Connections
8
Related terms mapped below
01
The idea, in context
How to read the picture above and where the Academy teaches it.
Reading the illustration
Defined risk: the loss has a floor (rose) and the credit a ceiling (gold) — both known before you enter.
In French: Spread vertical
Where it’s taught
Trading basics
Vertical spreads: debit and credit
“Vertical spreads: debit and credit” introduces this term with worked examples, a quiz and the trades around it. The Academy is part of the YieldCove membership.
02
Connected terms
8 terms around this one — the words its definition uses, its lesson siblings and the terms that build on it.
- Used in this definition
- Same lesson
- Builds on this term
- Same track
03
Where to go next
Understand it, try it with real numbers, then track it for free.
The free YieldCove newsletter
Get The Wheelhouse in your inbox
One email every Sunday — the week ahead, practical wheel-strategy ideas and YieldCove updates. Free to read. Unsubscribe anytime.
Educational only — not financial advice.