Calendar spreads are an option trade that involves selling a short-term option and buying a longer-term option with the same strike. Traders can use calls or puts and they can be set up to be neutral, ...

The term ‘spread’ can have several different interpretations depending on where it is used in the financial space. A spread is often used to refer to the difference in bid and ask prices on an ...

While directional trading involves making bets on the price movements of an underlying asset, non-directional trading is a unique approach that focuses on generating profits from volatility and time ...

Netflix Stock Holds Above 500 Level; Could This Calendar Spread Option Make $500? Calendar spreads are a neutral option trading strategy. Bullish traders might consider something simpler like a bull ...

Decoding Lam Research's Options Activity: What's the Big Picture? Looking At MP Materials's Recent Unusual Options Activity 10 Industrials Stocks With Whale Alerts In Today's Session 10 Consumer ...

Options allow for greater flexibility when it comes to expressing a wide variety of market outlooks. Implied volatility tends to rise into earnings events, providing options sellers with potential ...

Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). Michael is a former senior editor of investing and trading products for ...

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting kicks off today. With bank stocks under the microscope, the Fed's two-day policy event-- and subsequent comments from Fed Chair Jerome Powell -- has ...

When traders first start using options, they often employ them either as a way to take a directional view on an asset (buying a call if they expect it to rise or a put if they expect it to fall) or as ...

The Indian stock market benchmark indices recovered from day’s low and traded flat with a negative bias on Tuesday. Selling in IT, metals and pharma stocks weighed on sentiment amid weak global market ...

The Indian stock market recovered from previous session’s losses to trade higher on Thursday, despite a mixed trend in global markets. The benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty 50, gained nearly half a ...