MarketMoMo » Leaps http://marketmomo.com Financial Commentary for the MoMo's Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:41:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Advanced Options – LEAPS http://marketmomo.com/2008/07/18/leaps/ http://marketmomo.com/2008/07/18/leaps/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:44:49 +0000 MoMoTime http://marketmomo.com/?p=10 LEAPS: This stands for Long-term Equity AnticiPation Securities, and are also known as long dated options. These options have a minimum expiration of 9 months to as long as 39 months. Currently, equity LEAPS have two series at any time with a January expiration. For example, in October 2004, LEAPS were available with expirations of January 2006 and January 2007.

One would buy LEAPS if you have a long term outlook.

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