To build a synthetic short spread ... difference between the strike price and the stock price. Since you're short a call option, the maximum risk on this trade is theoretically unlimited ...

The effects of implied volatility are somewhat muted in a synthetic long, since you're simultaneously long and short two options at the same strike. However, if the call moves into the money ...

Synthetic short exposure to MSTR, consisting of a long at-the-money put option and a short at-the-money call option, which allows WNTR to seek to participate on an inverse, unleveraged basis in ...

AMC investors have questioned whether short sellers are using synthetic shares to cover ... usually a combination of put and call options — that traders use to create a similar payout to an ...