James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial consultant. She has a demonstrated ...

Options strategies can seem complicated, but that's because they offer you a great deal of flexibility in tailoring your potential returns and risks to your specific needs. One interesting strategy ...

From the covered call to the iron butterfly, here are 10 of the most popular strategies that every investor can use to their benefit in options trading.

The straddle options strategy is employed by traders expecting a significant move from an equity, but who are unsure of the direction of this move. Additionally, since the strategy relies heavily on ...

A straddle can be considered a volatility spread, as the trader who puts on the straddle is speculating on the volatility, or degree of movement of the underlying, not necessarily the direction of ...

Entering 2019, there are clear risks and growth opportunities in the tech sector. Many macroeconomic and microeconomic factors lead us to believe that the tech sector is due to experience abnormally ...

As stated in Friday's blog post, the volatility index (VIX) is below 25 which shows signs of the market stabilizing, however I still believe this market could sell off. Usually as the market sells off ...

A stock-options strategy known as a "straddle" on Tesla Inc.'s stock is priced Wednesday for a one-day, post-earnings move of $66.56, according to data provided by Option Research & Technology ...

Options traders are bracing for an outsize swing in Nvidia Corp.’s stock price after the chip giant’s earnings report Wednesday afternoon. So-called straddle prices in the options market can be used ...