how does a married put help investors 
a married put provides a hedge against loss essentially owning the actual stock and owning a put option means that an investor has opposite positions at the same time in the same stock so if the stock price goes down the trader will lose money on the one hand but gain money on the other so a loss can be at least partially offset what s more while the loss potential is limited the upside price potential of the stock is unlimited who uses married puts married puts can be used by short term traders or investors who believe that an asset s price will rise but at the same time want to protect against unexpected near term losses married puts aren t usually used by people investing for the long term who don t care about short term market aberrations 