James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial consultant. She has a demonstrated ...

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 ...

View post: Popular women’s fashion chain closes stores, no bankruptcy Here’s a way to play earnings by comparing the historic average earnings move of a stock to the current implied move. We’ll use ...

A stock-options strategy known as a "straddle" on Tesla Inc.'s stock is priced Wednesday for a one-day, post-earnings move of $66.56, according to data provided by Option Research & Technology ...

Trading options can be a complicated process as a lot of options strategies are available and traders need to evaluate all of the possible routes ahead of executing a trade. As such, Schaeffer's are ...

Morgan Stanley's stock accelerated to the upside after the opening bell, enough that buyers of the option strategy known as a straddle can make money. A straddle is a pure volatility play that ...

The Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) is down nearly 50% from the beginning of the year. It’s the biggest year-to-date drop at this point in the year in the history of the "fear index" (data back to 1990).

This past week's stock market rally was not surprising. That's because a specific type of option trade known as a “Straddle” is currently profitable. When Long Straddle* trading is profitable in a ...

One of the common beliefs in the option industry is that over a long period of time option sellers will profit. They will hit some speed bumps along the way, but option prices are expected to ...

About a month ago, I wrote about the extremely low historical volatility reading for the S&P 500 Index (SPX). Low volatility on the index does not necessarily mean a lack of opportunities for option ...

Activision Blizzard: May calls at $97.50 strike price AT&T: May straddle at $30 strike price Stock options are different from buying regular stocks. Options are an “option” you purchase that gives you ...