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 risk with options straddles and options strangles is limited Options straddles and options strangles are two advanced options strategies that can be used to capitalize on changes in implied ...

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 ...

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 ...

The options market isn't expecting Nvidia's earnings to provide much excitement in the stock, based on the pricing of "straddle" strategies. Straddles are pure volatility plays — they aren't ...

The options market has priced straddles on Microsoft's stock for a one-day post-earnings move of $20.94 in either direction, well above the average move over the past 12 quarters of $15.88, according ...

Put and call options are the building blocks of many options trading strategies. A call option gives the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy a stock at a specified price (the strike price ...

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 ...

An options strangle is a strategy to profit from price swings in either direction of an underlying asset. How does an options strangle work and what are the risks and rewards involved? Benzinga ...

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, ...