# Time spread (horizontal spread, calendar spread, more rarely option spread)

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## Definition

For options, a position consisting of calls and puts with the same strike price. However, - the option with a nearer expiration date is sold, and - the option with a later expiration date is bought. - See strike price, butterfly spread, call, settlement, calendar spread, option, combined, option sale, proportional, put, spread, commodity futures contract, replacement risk. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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