what is neutral 
neutral describes a position taken in a market that is neither bullish nor bearish in other words it is insensitive to the direction of the market s price if an investor has a neutral opinion believing that a security or index will neither increase nor decrease in value in the near future they can undertake an option strategy that may profit despite the lack of movement in the underlying security neutral market trading strategies enable investors to make money when an underlying security does not move in price or stays within a tight range of prices this can be achieved using a variety of methods such as going long and short in similar stocks and using options or other derivatives positions understanding neutral