The trading floor at the Optiver VOF headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Thursday, March 27, 2025. Optiver, the Amsterdam-based firm that's a loose Dutch portmanteau of "options trader" plans ...

As new traders flood the market, a return to the basics may help novices understand the fundamentals of options trading. Stock options are contracts that represent the right to buy (or sell) shares of ...

Learn how to trade weekly options, understand key differences from monthly options, and use smart strategies to boost short-term trading success. Options trading is taking the stock market by storm.

An option is a financial instrument whose value is tied to an underlying asset; this is known as a derivative. Instead of buying an asset, such as company stock, outright, an options contract allows ...