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 ...

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Options straddles and options strangles are two advanced options strategies that can be used to capitalize on changes in implied volatility (IV) and stock price volatility. Options straddles and ...

On paper, the underlying commodity of Uranium Energy Corp. (NYSE:UEC) appears to enjoy a northbound framework. In particular, the market for generative artificial intelligence may spark a $1 trillion ...

How to profit from a big move in either direction With earnings season right around the corner, options players might want to look into employing a long straddle strategy. A long straddle is typically ...

Options trading continued to grow in 2025, setting another record for trading volume. While lists of the year's best and worst stock performers are readily available, this analysis takes a different ...

Options trading is the buying and selling of options contracts in the market, usually on a public exchange. Options are often the next level of security that new investors learn about following their ...

A few months ago, we explored trying to smooth out performance of consistently shorting straddles with a buying dated long straddle using NDX options. We found that a consistent strategy selling NDX 3 ...

Visa has mixed technicals, with its weaknesses very apparent, but fundamentally, it is still strong. However, it is stuck trading in a channel. The stock recently declined from $373 to $349 per share, ...

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 ...