Options are among the most misunderstood investments, as many investors aren't familiar with even the most basic elements of how options work. Many people mistakenly assume that options are risky, ...

Options trading can be one of the most lucrative ways to trade in the financial markets. Traders only have to put up a relatively small amount of money to take advantage of the power of options to ...

There is a lot of technical jargon that is specific to the options market. For a beginner who is aiming to learn how to trade options, understanding these technical terms is crucial to optimizing ...

If you’re a veteran investor or new to the market, stock options are definitely something you’ve heard of. It’s the first type of derivative most traders encounter. Unlike actual stocks themselves, ...

Options on an index like the Nasdaq-100 (ticker symbol NDX) are incredibly useful. They can be used to express nearly any market outlook from very bullish to moderately bullish, to sideways, to any ...

Trading options is a lot like trading stocks, but there are important differences. Unlike stocks, options come in two types (calls and puts) and these options are contracts (rather than shares) that ...

This blog is the first post in a four-part series. Part I will provide a high-level summary of stock option basics. In recent years, and at least in part due to the extremely tight labor market, ...

In our last column, we began to explore the wealth of information hiding in the Option Chain. We defined the columns and we went through the information to be had from the "symbol," "last," "change," ...

In a volatile market, companies may see their stock value drop significantly. This can result in employees and other service providers holding stock options that are “underwater” or “out of the money” ...

What does it mean when an option is "assigned" to you? There is a lot of technical jargon that is specific to the options market. For a beginner who is aiming to learn how to trade options, ...