7 Bullish Options Strategies Ranked - Only One Gets My Money
Are you looking to save time, make money, and start winning with less risk? Then head to https://www.ovtlyr.com.Learn more about OVTLYR: https://youtu.be/TUCbD5KovlcThere are dozens of ways to trade options, but not every options strategy makes sense for every trader.In this video, we compare 7 popular options strategies and look at their profit potential, likelihood of profit, margin requirements, risk, and how each one actually behaves. The goal isn't to tell you that one strategy is right for everyone. It's to understand what you're actually getting when you choose a long call, short put, covered call, spread, butterfly, or deep in-the-money option.We start with the out-of-the-money long call, which can offer unlimited profit potential with a relatively small upfront cost. The problem is that the option has to move far enough, and quickly enough, to become profitable. That's why an OTM call can behave more like a lottery ticket than an investment.Next is the short put, or cash-secured put. Instead of buying insurance, you're effectively selling it. You collect premium and have a higher likelihood of profit, but your potential profit is limited while the downside risk can be substantially larger.A short put spread, also known as a bull put spread, adds protection to the short put. Your maximum loss becomes limited, but so does your potential profit. We look at how the credit received, strike prices, margin requirement, and risk-to-reward relationship all change when you add that protection.Then there's the covered call, where you own 100 shares of stock and sell a call against those shares. Selling the call can reduce your break-even price and generate income, but there's a major tradeoff: if the stock rockets higher, your upside is capped.The put broken wing butterfly takes things in a completely different direction. It can provide a high likelihood of profit with a potentially large payoff, but that large payoff is highly dependent on where the stock finishes at expiration. Understanding expiration risk is critical with this type of options strategy.Finally, we get to the options strategy that I actually use: deep in-the-money long calls.An out-of-the-money call might have a low upfront cost, but it has to work much harder to become profitable. A deep ITM call, particularly around an 80 delta, behaves much more like the underlying stock while still providing leverage and requiring substantially less capital than buying 100 shares outright.That's the distinction I care about most. An OTM option can be a lottery ticket. A deep ITM option can be used as a leveraged investment.✅ 7 options strategies compared side by side✅ Long calls, short puts, and cash-secured puts✅ Bull put spreads and covered calls✅ Put broken wing butterflies and call ratio backspreads✅ Deep ITM calls, 80 delta, leverage, and capital efficiencyIf you've ever wondered which options strategy is right for you, this video gives you a practical look at seven different approaches and the tradeoffs behind each one. The cheapest option isn't necessarily the best option, and the strategy with the highest potential return isn't necessarily the strategy with the best risk profile.Subscribe to OVTLYR for disciplined trading strategies that actually make sense. 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@ovtlyrdotcom#OptionsTrading #OptionsStrategies #CallOptions #DeepITM #OptionsTradingStrategy #OVTLYR #StockOptions #CoveredCalls #CashSecuredPut #BullPutSpread #Delta #Leverage #StockMarket #SwingTradingHere's how we plan to DOMINATE the US Investing Championship for 2026You can see our step by step trading plan developed by a team of over 20 quants for FREE by clicking here: https://www.ovtlyr.com/usicplan
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