What Is a Stock Option? A stock option is a contract giving its holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell a stock at a given price before a specific date. There are two main types of ...

Currently priced at approximately $892.1 per share, United Rentals (URI) is trading roughly 12% below its 52-week high. Do ...

Mention stock options to most individual investors and the response is likely to be either a look of fear or bewilderment. Stock options, after all, are thought to be for traders, for those who like ...

At the beginning of 2022 I hit on a better way than going short to hedge my long positions: buying cheap put options on stocks I expected to tank. Following this strategy was very profitable at first, ...

Traders now have the ability to buy not only Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) but also options on these Bitcoin funds. Bitcoin ETF options began to debut in late 2024, and now traders can buy and ...

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