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 ...
Trading options can be a complicated process. Information overload among the uninitiated is prevalent, as a lot of options strategies are available and traders need to evaluate all of the possible ...
Generally speaking, volatility has been relatively high in the last decade. So when it comes to iron condors and other options strategies sensitive to volatility, we often see them trade at a discount ...
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 ...
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 ...
Options trading isn’t only for investors with higher risk tolerances. Iron condors and iron butterflies are lower-risk strategies that limit your losses and give you many ways to realize a profit.
UBS clients who were invested in a leveraged, esoteric options strategy described as a “conservative” and “low risk” way to get extra yield from their portfolios were shell shocked by losses they ...
Uranium producer Cameco is being pulled by opposing forces, imposing uncertainty on CCJ stock. However, options traders can instead bank on magnitude of movement with a long iron condor. The next ...
Retail investors are gaining new educational tools to better understand the strategies once reserved for professionals. One standout method growing in popularity is the Iron Condor—a non-directional ...