The Protective Put is a protective options strategy that involves buying OTM Puts to protect against a potential downside risk of a specific holding in your portfolio (a long position).
It differs from the Long Put strategy in the sense that the latter is a bearish directional strategy and it does not require the investor to hold any underlying security in the portfolio.
STRATEGY GOAL: Protection
Risk Graph
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