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 ...

The straddle is an options trading strategy, so named for the shape it makes on a pricing chart; your position literally “straddles” the price of the underlying asset. With the straddle, you trade on ...

Among Wednesday’s 35 most unusually active options, two emerged as notable straddle setups appealing to both bullish and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Headlines abound about the stock market’s turnaround since it bottomed out in March. This presumably reflects the end of the worst recession since the Great Depression — and a Cinderella-like return ...

Straddles and com-binations are volatility trades unique to the options market. A straddle or a combination is profitable if the underlying security trades inside (if you are selling a straddle or a ...

The options market is priced for a one-day post earnings move in Tesla's stock that would be slightly bigger than usual over the longer term, but less than its more recent moves. An options strategy ...

Happy Friday. It's the end of another workweek. Boy, this week was long, given all the market craziness. As I write this, the S&P 500 futures are up just before the markets open. Let’s hope it stays ...

It’s Friday, the last day of the workweek, but more importantly, Game 1 of the World Series is tonight in what should be an epic battle between the Yankees and the Dodgers. I can’t wait. Anyway, the ...