1. Buy $1000 worth of the 110 strike of XYZ 2. Buy $500 worth of the 100 strike and $500 worth of the 120 strike Certainly option 2 allows a higher chance for the smaller strike to finish in the money, but other than that, are these close to being essentially equivalent from a risk/reward standpoint?
Check out percent to double analysis. Find the option that requires the smallest underlying movement to double in value.
Depends on ttm expiry, spot price, and implied volatility. If stock is $50 and ttm is 2 years; they are practically the same. If stock is $100 and vol is pretty low and ttm is 1 month; they are VERY different if stock is $100 and vol is pretty low and ttm is 1 year; they are probably similar (depends on how low vol is) if stock $100 and vol is high and ttm is 1 year; they are the same. One way to tell tell is to see if the greeks (delta, gamma, vega, theta) are similar between the two options. If not, then they are different.
Where is the underlying right now? Did I miss that? Is there enough data here to even do the analysis?