Selling the Faster Clock

A vol trader on an industrial stock sells the 30-day at-the-money call and buys the 60-day at-the-money call on the same strike and underlying, in equal size. Ignoring rates and dividends, is the net theta of this calendar spread positive or negative — does one quiet, unchanged day make the position money or lose it — and why?

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