Even though Double Calendar Spreads can be utilized in various stock market circumstances, they function finest in low volatility situations. Increasing volatility levels help these trades, while sinking volatility winds up hurting them.

Because calendar spreads generate profits the fastest at neutral to rising volatility levels, many calendar spread traders will wait until an underlyings volatility levels are either at the lowest level of their average range or at least until they are in the lower end of their average volatility levels before placing a trade.

By waiting for these levels, the calendar spread trader is increasing his or her odds that the volatility levels will either remain where they are and not go much lower which could wind up hurting the position, or begin to rise back up which could put their calendar position into profits quite quickly.

Generally the volatility sinks when the current market moves upward and rises when it moves down. This is why many alternative traders will put on calendar spreads when they have a bearish view on the stock they are planning to trade.

A popular method for option investors with a bearish outlook is to place a calendar spread slightly below where the market or stock is trading at, with the expectation that as the market or stock does head downward, not only with the underlying move directly into the sweet spot of their calendar position, but the volatility will also rise, super charging their calendar trade into a very good profit.

When using this method with double calendars, it’s possible for the trader to increase their odds even more, as they can set up their double calendar position with a skew that not only creates a sweet spot in the area where the trader believes the underlying will be heading, but also provide profit coverage in a wider area that includes the area where the underlying is currently trading at just in case their belief about market direction turns out to be wrong.

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