A strategy in which a trader buys a lower strike call and sells a higher strike call to create a trade with limited profit and limited risk. A rise in the price of the underlying increases the value of the spread. Net debit transaction; Maximum loss = debit; Maximum gain = difference between strike prices less the debit; no margin.
See Also:
Bull: An investor who believes that a market is rising or is expected to rise.
Call: An Option contract that gives the holder the right to buy the underlying security at a specified price for a certain, fixed period of time.
Spread: A trade in which two related contracts/stocks/bonds/options are traded to exploit the relative difference in price change between the two. A trading strategy in which a trader offsets the purchase of one trading unit against another.