How to profit from a big move in either direction With earnings season right around the corner, options players might want to look into employing a long straddle strategy. A long straddle is typically ...

Explore 10 essential options strategies every investor should know, from basic calls and puts to advanced spreads, risks, rewards, and real-world use cases explained.

A few months ago, we explored trying to smooth out performance of consistently shorting straddles with a buying dated long straddle using NDX options. We found that a consistent strategy selling NDX 3 ...

The risk with options straddles and options strangles is limited Options straddles and options strangles are two advanced options strategies that can be used to capitalize on changes in implied ...

On paper, the underlying commodity of Uranium Energy Corp. (NYSE:UEC) appears to enjoy a northbound framework. In particular, the market for generative artificial intelligence may spark a $1 trillion ...

When traders first start using options, they often employ them either as a way to take a directional view on an asset (buying a call if they expect it to rise or a put if they expect it to fall) or as ...

Earnings season may seem like a scary time to trade stocks given the heightened chance of a volatile post-earnings move. Options can often provide speculative players the ability to invest in the ...

Option trading can deliver tremendous profits, but the flip side of those gains is the potential for tremendous losses, since option trading is a zero-sum game. Those who are just getting started with ...

Volatility is back towards the lowest levels we have seen in 2025 with the VIX Index closing at 14.91 on Friday. When volatility is low, options become cheaper, so today we’re looking for stocks with ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

In Wednesday’s unusual options activity, there were 1,025 calls and puts, with Vol/OI (volume-to-open-interest) ratios ranging from 1.24 to 187.91 for NuScale Power (SMR). Among the top 35 options for ...