Learning how to trade options helps expand your trading choices. It’s a powerful tool you can use to speculate on and hedge against market moves. But how do you know which strategy to use in a certain ...

Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial consultant. She has a demonstrated history of working in both institutional and retail environments, from broker-dealers to ...

The research views expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of CME Group or its affiliates. All examples in this presentation are hypothetical ...

First, the Expected Move. The Expected Move is the amount that options traders believe a stock price will move up or down. It can serve as a quick way to see where real-money option traders are ...

While many investors view options trading as a short-term strategy, it can also play an important role in a long-term ...

A put option is a financial contract that provides an investor the right (but not obligation) to sell a stock at a designated price prior to an expiration date. Learn more about put options and how ...

Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He ...

Options can feel intimidating — even if you’ve been investing for a while. Here’s a simple breakdown of how they work, the key terms you’ll run into and a few basic examples. Many, or all, of the ...

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The options calculator below can help you with both call and put options. Feel free to test out some examples to find an option’s theoretical price. Then below the options profit calculator, you can ...

Rolling Options Up: Some investors elect to roll their options up when the market is bullish and they expect prices to continue climbing. To do this, they sell their current options contract and use ...