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 ...

A strangle is a popular options strategy that involves holding both a call and a put on the same underlying asset. It yields ...

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 ...

A synthetic short strategy allows investors to simulate risk/reward Savvy traders know that selling a stock short isn't without its downsides. Namely, you have to borrow shares from a broker. However, ...

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 ...

We recently published a performance review of at-the-money (ATM) NDX straddles with between one and five days left to expiration. One finding was that consistent sellers of 3-Day, 4-Day, and 5-Day NDX ...

Jack Daniel’s maker, Brown-Forman, reported Q4 2025 results this morning before the markets opened. The news was not comforting for long-time shareholders. As a result, its shares are down more than ...

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 ...

The YieldMax TSLA Option Income Strategy ETF is unsuitable for income investors due to its inherent principal decay and declining distributions over time. The TSLY ETF can offer strategic value in ...

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 ...

In July, Sebi accused Jane Street of “egregious” market manipulation in an interim order while it continued to investigate ...