Options Trading

Risk graphs for a long straddle and short straddle.

Option straddles: Volatility, magnitude, and time (not direction)

A straightforward strategy, but risky.

A price chart shows spikes in market volatility from 2007 to 2024.

What kind of mood is the market in? Check the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX)

Shaken or stirred?

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The put-call ratio: Gauge the market’s mood with an old-school volatility indicatorAre options traders pricing in fear or calm?

Selling cash-secured put options: Stock accumulation and targeted premium collectionGetting paid to wait for a buying opportunity.

Option butterfly spreads: Volatility, magnitude, and defined riskWould you like your butterfly balanced or unbalanced?

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0DTE options trading: High risk or hype?

Every weekday is expiration day. Is that a bad thing?

Covered call options: Targeting income from stocks you own (or setting an exit price)

Learn your options before you trade them.

Directional risk in options: Understanding delta and gamma

The rate of change of the rate of change.

Got stock, or looking to acquire shares? Two options strategies to consider

Moving from speculator to strategist.

Intro to options: A different way to participate in the stock market

Learn about calls and puts.

Iron butterfly: Body and wings (or a straddle with endpoints)

The option spread, not the ’60s rock band.

Measuring options risk: Delta, gamma, theta, and vega (and rho)

Are they Greek to you?

Option butterfly spreads: Volatility, magnitude, and defined risk

Would you like your butterfly balanced or unbalanced?

Option collar strategy: Can you get free price protection?

Kinda sorta. But there are trade-offs.

Option specs: American vs. European exercise; physical vs. cash settlement

Know the terms of the trade.

Option straddles: Volatility, magnitude, and time (not direction)

A straightforward strategy, but risky.

Option strangles and iron condors: Targeting movement but not direction

Multiple strikes; multiple uses.

Option theta, vega, and implied volatility: Navigating uncertainty

Time and tide wait for no option contract.

Ready to roll? Keeping an option strategy intact past expiration

Lots of options for rolling options

Selling call and put options: A guide to the risks and rewards

Your rights vs. your obligations.

Selling cash-secured put options: Stock accumulation and targeted premium collection

Getting paid to wait for a buying opportunity.

Selling vertical put option spreads: Defined risk and reward with a bullish bias

It’s a probability/profit trade-off.

The put-call ratio: Gauge the market’s mood with an old-school volatility indicator

Are options traders pricing in fear or calm?

Vertical call option spreads: Defined risk and reward with a bearish bias

Putting time on your side.

Want to limit your downside risk? Introducing the protective put strategy

Collision insurance for your stock holdings.

What kind of mood is the market in? Check the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX)

Shaken or stirred?