Any spread that has intrinsic value is considered in-the-money.
How can you identify the value of a vertical call spread or a
vertical put spread? Compare the stock price to the strike
prices.
Look at any vertical call spread. If the stock price is above
the lower strike of the spread, then the spread is in-the-money.
For example, in the Feb. 50 – 55 call spread, if the stock is
trading at $52.00, then the spread would be in-the-money by $2.
This is because if the spread expired today, the Feb. 50 calls
would finish $2.00 in-the-money. The Feb. 55 calls would finish
worthless because they are out-of-the-money. The spread,
however, would be in-the-money with a value of $2.00.
The rule is similar for determining whether or not a spread is
out-of-the-money. If the stock price is lower then the lower
strike of the spread, then the spread is out-of-the-money.
Again, looking at the Feb. 50 – 55 call spread, if the spread
expired today and the stock price closed at $48.00, (lower than
the lower strike) then the spread would be out-of-the-money,
thus the spread will be out-of-the-money. And, of course, if the
stock is trading at the same price as the lower strike price,
then the spread will be considered at-the-money.
For vertical put spreads, a spread is determined to be
in-the-money if the stock price is lower than the higher of the
two strikes of the spread. For example, let's look at the Sept.
40 – 45 put spread. If the stock were to close at $42.00 on
expiration day, the Feb. 45 put would end up in-the-money and
worth $3.00. The Feb 40 puts would be out-of-the-money creating
a $3.00 intrinsic value for the spread. Since the spread has an
intrinsic value, it is in-the-money.
A vertical put spread is considered to be out-of-the-money if
the stock price is higher than the higher strike of the spread.
So, going back to our Sept. 40 – 45 put spread example, if the
stock was to close at a price of $46.00 (higher than the higher
strike) then both the Sept. 40 and 45 put will expire worthless.
Thus the spread will be worthless and out-of-the-money.
A vertical put spread is considered at-the-money when the stock
price is equal to the higher strike price.
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