Every investor loves to talk about profits, but the best traders talk about protection. That’s the heart of hedging: managing ...

Learn the benefits and risks of options and how to start trading options Reviewed by Samantha Silberstein Fact checked by Vikki Velasquez Options are financial contracts that give the holder the right ...

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 ...

Explore four key vertical option spreads—bull call, bear call, bull put, and bear put—to optimize your trading strategy for varying market conditions.

Investors in CVS Health Corporation (Symbol: CVS) saw new options become available today, for the February 2025 expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the ...

Meta Platform (META) stock has put options with elevated put option premiums. It makes sense now for existing shareholders to short them for extra income. For example, the 3 weeks out 4.44% OTM strike ...

Surging volumes in put options linked to BlackRock's Nasdaq-listed spot bitcoin ETF (IBIT) could be interpreted as bearish sentiment. That's not necessarily the case. On Friday, more than 13,000 ...

Bitcoin BTC $101,781.06 and ether ETH $3,303.04 options worth over $14.6 billion are set to expire Friday on Deribit in what's shaping up to be one of the most significant derivative events of 2025.