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Definition of 'Multi-Leg Options Order'

A type of order that allows an option trader to simultaneously buy or sell a number of different options that traditionally could only be achieved by placing separate orders. This type of order is primarily used in multi-legged strategies such as a straddle, strangle, ratio spread and butterfly.
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Investopedia explains 'Multi-Leg Options Order'

This type of order gives the average option trader the ability to incorporate advanced options strategies that consist of many options by placing one order and only paying one commission. For example, one multi-leg order can be used to buy one call option with a strike price of $35 and one put option with a strike price of $35 (straddle strategy). Historically, this strategy could only be achieved by placing two separate orders (one for the call option and the other for the put option).

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    Alligator Spread

  2. Atlantic Spread

  3. Back Fee

  4. Backspread

  5. Bailard, Biehl And Kaiser Five-Way Model

  6. Bear Call Spread

  7. Bear Put Spread

  8. Bear Spread

  9. Bear Straddle

  10. Box Spread

  11. Bull Call Spread

  12. Bull Put Spread

  13. Bull Spread

  14. Bullet Trade

  15. Butterfly Spread

  16. Buy A Spread

  17. Calendar Spread

  18. Call Ratio Backspread

  19. Collar

  20. Collar Agreement

  21. Condor Spread

  22. Contingent Order

  23. Conversion Arbitrage

  24. Covered Call

  25. Covered Combination

  26. Covered Straddle

  27. Credit Spread

  28. Death Put

  29. Debit Spread

  30. Delta Hedging

  31. Delta Neutral

  32. Delta Spread

  33. Diagonal Spread

  34. Dividend Arbitrage

  35. Double One-Touch Option

  36. Fence (Options)

  37. Fiduciary Call

  38. Fixed Dollar Value Collar

  39. FMAN

  40. Forex Hedge

  41. Forex Option & Currency Trading Options

  42. Form 6781: Gains And Losses From Section ...

  43. Front Fee

  44. Gut Spread

  45. Heston Model

  46. Horizontal Spread

  47. Implied Volatility - IV

  48. Interest Rate Collar

  49. Iron Butterfly

  50. Iron Condor

  51. Leg

  52. Leg Out

  53. Long Jelly Roll

  54. Long Leg

  55. Long Put

  56. Long Straddle

  57. Long-Term Equity Anticipation Securities ...

  58. Married Put

  59. Modidor

  60. Multi Index Option

  61. Multi-Leg Options Order

  62. Naked Call

  63. Naked Option

  64. Naked Position

  65. Naked Put

  66. Negative Butterfly

  67. Net Option Premium

  68. Neutral

  69. Option Premium

  70. Outright Option

  71. Overwrite

  72. Overwriting

  73. Positive Butterfly

  74. Protective Put

  75. Put

  76. Put Calendar

  77. Put Ratio Backspread

  78. Ratio Call Write

  79. Ratio Spread

  80. Reverse Calendar Spread

  81. Reverse Conversion

  82. Risk Reversal

  83. Roll Down

  84. Roll Forward

  85. Roll Up

  86. Seagull Option

  87. Sell To Open

  88. Series 4

  89. Short Leg

  90. Short Straddle

  91. Straddle

  92. Strangle

  93. Swing Option

  94. Synthetic Dividend

  95. Variable Ratio Write

  96. VIX Option

  97. Writing An Option

  98. Zero Cost Collar

  99. Zomma

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