Robinhood (HOOD) is exactly the kind of underlying where selling volatility can make more sense than trying to predict the next headline-driven price swing — especially after a sharp pullback and with ...

Iron condors are a potential trading strategy for sideways movement in the stock market. They combine a short strangle with a long strangle to limit risk. The maximum potential loss and profit of an ...

A strangle is not as violent as it sounds, nor as deadly. It simply is a variation on the straddle, and it presents some interesting possibilities in terms of profit potential and risk. When two ...

Options straddles and options strangles are two advanced options strategies that can be used to capitalize on changes in implied volatility (IV) and stock price volatility. Options straddles and ...

Put and call options are the building blocks of many options trading strategies. A call option gives the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy a stock at a specified price (the strike price ...

Cybersecurity stock Palo Alto Networks (PANW) will be reporting Monday after the close. Here are some things to think about ahead of that announcement, and a potential way to play it using options.

There were 1,234 unusually active options on Wednesday. Among the top 25 Vol/OI ratios were three popular stocks: Peloton ...

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 ...

Options are a type of derivative, meaning they “derive” their value from the securities they’re linked to. Options are also leveraged, meaning a smaller amount invested in them generates larger gains ...