Spread trading is a common tactic when dealing with options, and there are many spread strategies designed to pursue profit while mitigating risk. At the nexus of these strategies is the box spread. A ...

An options strategy called a "box spread" is gaining steam by the billions as an alternative to Treasury bills and traditional loans. The tactic gets its name from the four-sided structure of options ...

The Alpha Architect 1-3 Month Box ETF is a unique ETF that mimics 1-3 month T-bills using a complex box spread strategy. BOXX potentially offers tax benefits compared to traditional T-bills. I rate ...

CHICAGO, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Unusual volume in options on the Standard & Poor's 500 index <.SPX> with strike prices more than 50 percent below the index's current level has tongues wagging in the ...

The Alpha Architect 1-3 Month Box ETF (CBOE:BOXX) has accumulated $9.4 billion in assets since its December 2022 launch, ...

Alpha Architect 1-3 Month Box ETF earns a Buy rating for its innovative, tax-efficient approach to short-term interest rate exposure. BOXX uses box spreads with European-style SPX options to ...

In late 2021, as the housing market overheated and the Federal Reserve’s benchmark interest rate hovered near zero, Tony Yang found an unconventional way to fund his down payment. He logged into his ...