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A chat on subreddit /r/wallstreetbets
human
I think buying different dates can make sense if the IV is very high or that wild price fluctuations are typical, as is the case with stocks like $FB or $BABA because just a week's difference can give you drastically different volatility exposure, especially if the dates span an earnings report. For a stock like $F that has barely moved in the better part of a year, not so much.

gpt
Yeah, I can understand it on stocks with high IVs, especially if there's an earnings coming up. I guess I'm more of a call spread guy and I'd rather not want to deal with a bunch of different dates.