Actually sounds like it would work to me. The problem is you need a pretty solid entry strategy. Also, don't go the "extremely" small profit path, retail traders aren't meant for that. You can expect a low winning % for your "zero risk" strategy, and you should really opt for the big runs and trail like hell... Cheers, Gordon
If you define risk as money you could lose then you can find long-term options on som stocks where the short call and long put combine for a net credit with the put ATM and you get no position risk. Of course your capital is tied up earning little better than treasuries in some cases so there is that kind of cost or opportunity loss but no actual risk.
Well that is what I meant in actual risk. You will enter the trade and not have any actual onetary risk. Interest rate risk can erode the worth of your profit (inflation and such) or result in a less than market return, but actual risk (my loss is $0) is removed. So it depends on how you define the risk lol..
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