HORIZONTAL CREDIT SPREAD - A type of calendar spread. It is a credit transaction where you buy an option in a nearer expiration month and sell an option of the same type in a farther expiration month, with the same strike price, and in the same underlying asset. HORIZONTAL DEBIT SPREAD - A type of calendar spread. It is a debit transaction where you sell an option in a nearer expiration month and buy an option of the same type in a farther expiration month, with the same strike price, and in the same underlying asset. ILLIQUID - An illiquid market is one that cannot be easily traded without even relatively small orders tending to have a disproportionate impact on prices. This is usually due to a low volume of transactions and/or a small number of participants.
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