Options Glossary

Glossary: Protective Put

Last Updated: July 12, 2015

Glossary

Protective Put

What Does Protective Put Mean in Options Trading?

Risk covering strategy to protect downside risk in long stocks by purchasing put against it. Although this does provide a portfolio hedge, performance has shown to be very poor due to the high hedging cost when buying the protective put(s).

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