In our last column, we began to explore the wealth of information hiding in the Option Chain. We defined the columns and we went through the information to be had from the "symbol," "last," "change," ...

What does it mean when an option is "assigned" to you? There is a lot of technical jargon that is specific to the options market. For a beginner who is aiming to learn how to trade options, ...

If you’re a veteran investor or new to the market, stock options are definitely something you’ve heard of. It’s the first type of derivative most traders encounter. Unlike actual stocks themselves, ...

Options on an index like the Nasdaq-100 (ticker symbol NDX) are incredibly useful. They can be used to express nearly any market outlook from very bullish to moderately bullish, to sideways, to any ...

Call options are a type of option that increases in value when a stock rises. They’re the best-known kind of option, and they allow the owner to lock in a price to buy a specific stock by a specific ...

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 ...

This blog is the first post in a four-part series. Part I will provide a high-level summary of stock option basics. In recent years, and at least in part due to the extremely tight labor market, ...

As new traders flood the market, a return to the basics may help novices understand the fundamentals of options trading. To better assist them, we will be running posts diving into the finer details ...

In a volatile market, companies may see their stock value drop significantly. This can result in employees and other service providers holding stock options that are “underwater” or “out of the money” ...

Trading options is a lot like trading stocks, but there are important differences. Unlike stocks, options come in two types (calls and puts) and these options are contracts (rather than shares) that ...