All Star Charts' chief options strategist Sean McLaughlin joins Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre, who also hosts Yahoo Finance's Stocks in Translation podcast, to outline the basics ...

Subscribers to Chart of the Week received this commentary on Sunday, August 27. Last week, COO and fearless leader Katie Schaeffer was chatting with me about our latest product, In-the-Money Countdown ...

Options trading may sound risky and complex for beginner investors, but there are some basic strategies that even novices can ...

Selling and buying options with zero days to expiration can be risky. There's a strategy for trading options that's generating quite a bit of buzz: trading an option contract with zero days to ...

Options traders employ several trading strategies, but they all have the same objective: to make a profit. It’s possible to make money with options trading, and knowing how to calculate profitability ...

Stock and options markets have both seen consistent increases in liquidity over the past 30 years as automation reduces costs, improves position hedging for professionals and expands accessibility to ...

If you're new to options trading, you might be confused by the many terms, such as vertical options, straddles, and strangles. The following article will introduce you to each type and explain why ...

Retail options trading exploded in 2020 as stimulus money flooded into the bank accounts of many retail investors stuck at home with little to do. As a result, certain stocks (especially the tech ...

Volatile post-earnings moves offer the potential for quick gains Several Big Tech companies are reporting earnings this week, including Amazon.com (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), Meta Platforms (META) and ...

Investors in Ouster Inc (Symbol: OUST) saw new options become available this week, for the February 2026 expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, ...

Intrinsic value is the current worth of an option if exercised now; time value decreases as expiration nears. Theta measures the daily decrease in an option's time value as it approaches its ...

Coinbase Global, Inc. (COIN) stock has hit a bump in the road as Bitcoin is on a downturn. That has led to very unusual call options activity in COIN stock, according to a Barchart report. Is this a ...