The most compelling aspect of buying stock option spreads is that you use the money from selling options to buy other calls. If you get more money from selling stock options than the money you spend on buying them, the difference is usually referred to as credit.

So basically, you use the premium from writing options to pay for the costs of paying other premiums. Traders view spreads as a form of insurance, except that instead stocks you are insuring your stock options.

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