Options strategies can let you profit even when stocks are flat. Anyone can make money in a bull market, and most people lose money in bear markets. But when markets are flat, it can be tough for ...

There are plenty of ways to profit on a stock's movement, beyond investing in the actual stock itself. Options provide a nearly endless array of strategies, due to the countless ways you can combine ...

What is an iron condor? An iron condor is a neutral options strategy with defined risk that combines a short put vertical spread and a short call vertical spread with the same expiration in a single ...

Iron condors are a potential trading strategy for sideways movement in the stock market. They combine a short strangle with a long strangle to limit risk. The maximum potential loss and profit of an ...

The word scares people, especially when put next to the words, retirement, savings, or life’s earnings. When I talk about options trading with people who dabble in online investments, I usually hear a ...

With volatility on the increase, option premiums are elevated which could mean it’s a great time for iron condor trades. An iron condor aims to profit from a drop in implied volatility, with the stock ...

As part of an ongoing series of articles I write for Seeking Alpha on the many different option strategies available to traders, this week I will go into the 'Reverse Iron Condor' spread, which is one ...

A short iron condor is an income strategy that aims to profit when a stock stays within a specified range over the course of the trade. The trade is composed of four options with the same expiration: ...

Options traders can trade calls and puts to potentially benefit from specific movements in stock prices. While you can buy or sell a single call or put to get started, other options trading strategies ...

Anyone can make money in a bull market, and most people lose money in bear markets. But when markets are flat, it can be tough for investors to know what to do. Thanks to an options strategy known as ...

Here's the basic setup of an iron condor, along with how to calculate the position's maximum gain, maximum loss, and breakeven point. There are plenty of ways to profit on a stock's movement, beyond ...