Bullish options strategies profit when a stock rises. They range from simply buying a call for leverage to defined-risk spreads that lower your cost and breakeven. Open any one in the free calculator to see its payoff, breakevens and probability of profit.
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A long call is the simplest bullish options trade: you buy a call to profit if the stock rises above the strike before expiration. Risk is limited to the premium paid; upside is theoretically unlimited.
A naked (short) put sells a put to collect premium without setting cash aside. It profits if the stock stays above the strike, with substantial risk if it falls sharply.
A bull call spread buys a call and sells a higher-strike call to lower cost. Both risk and reward are capped — a cheaper, defined-risk way to play a moderate move up.
A bull put credit spread sells a put and buys a lower-strike put for protection, collecting a net credit. It profits if the stock stays above the short strike — a high-probability income trade.
A call diagonal buys a longer-dated call and sells a shorter-dated, higher-strike call against it. It is the structure behind the poor man’s covered call: leveraged, income-generating and multi-expiration.
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