Alligator Spread: The term used to describe a spread in the options market that generates such a large commission that the client is unlikely to make a profit even if the markets move as the investor anticipated.

 

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Alligator Spread: The term used to describe a spread in the options market that generates such a large commission that the client is unlikely to make a profit even if the markets move as the investor anticipated.

Spread (Or Straddle): The purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another futures delivery month of the same commodity: the purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against . . . View Full Definition

Spread: In the most general sense, a spread is the difference between two similar measures. In the stock market, for example, the spread is the difference between the highest price offered and the l . . . View Full Definition

Spread Income: (1) The gap between bid and ask prices of a stock or other security. (2) The simultaneous purchase and sale of separate futures or options contracts for the same commodity for delivery in di . . . View Full Definition

Spread Leg Forward Fold (Upavista Konasana): A seated pose. Sitting, spread the legs as wide as possible. Lower your upper body down until it touches the floor between legs. Arms should be kept straight, close to your ears.

Spread Option: Also called margin income, the difference between income and cost. For a depository institution, the difference between the assets it invests in (loans and securities) and the cost of its fu . . . View Full Definition

Selling The Spread: A spread whose option to be sold is trading at a higher premium than the option to be bought.

Relative Yield Spread: The ratio of the yield spread to the yield level. Used for bonds.

Price Spread: An options strategy that involves buying and selling two options on the same security with the same expiration month, but with different exercise prices.

Point-Spread Function: the kernel in the superposition integral (convolution product) that expresses the effect of a linear optical system in the formation of an image of an object. Point spread function and trans . . . View Full Definition