Verizon Communications (VZ) Long call trade
Last updated Sep 5, 2023(Originally published on Oct 1, 2014)
By Leav Graves
I'm taking advantage of the fact that Implied volatility is so low in $VZ to buy a long call. This trade has limited risk: 93$ (1.9% of the risk of buying 100 shares) and unlimited reward. Here is the trade:

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As we can see, the company distributes dividend next week. If in the money, I can exercise my option to get the stock and then the dividend.
You can read more about trading leap options in our guide with the backtest we did or see another example trade we did here: Long call trade on TEVA.
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Leav Graves is the founder and CEO of Option Samurai and a licensed investment professional with over 19 years of trading experience, including working professionally through the 2008 financial crisis.