An investor would sell a put option if their outlook on the underlying was bullish and would sell a call option if their outlook on a specific asset was bearish.

With the latest weekly options expiration, we have our short puts on AT&T expiring worthless, though this trade started out as a short strangle. Positive buyback news from AT&T's investor day boosted ...

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A cash-secured short-put option play in Palantir Inc. (PLTR) yields over 4.2% over the next month. This is for a strike price that is 10% below where PLTR closed on Friday. Moreover, PLTR stock has a ...

Previously in this column, we discussed why it would be optimal for active traders to initiate futures position to capture directional price movements in the underlying and use options to capture time ...

Uber Technologies, Inc. (UBER) stock looks very cheap here. One simple way to play UBER is to sell short put options expiring in one month for a 2.3% yield. This is for contracts in 4% ...