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In this live Q&A, Chris Vecchio and Liz Dierking break down one of tastytrade's most powerful homegrown strategies: the Zebra, short for Zero Extrinsic Back Ratio. The setup is simple, sell one 50-delta call and buy two 70-delta calls, netting roughly 100 delta so you get one-for-one upside like owning stock, but with defined risk and far less capital, think controlling 100 shares of Apple for a fraction of the outright cost. The trick is that the extrinsic value of the short option roughly cancels the extrinsic on the longs, which effectively neutralizes time decay. Liz explains why she uses it in her IRA, the duration sweet spot she likes and why she won't hold one under 10 days, the origin of the tastytrade animal names from the Jade Lizard to the Zebra, and closes on a sharp viewer question about hedging a basket of tech names with index puts versus single-name puts. Educational, not a recommendation. šŸ“Š tastylive: tastylive.com šŸ“˜ FREE Options Strategy Guide: https:...

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