A strangle is a popular options strategy that involves holding both a call and a put on the same underlying asset. It yields ...

Uber currently trades at low implied volatility, which means options are cheap. Now is a good time for a long strangle trade.

In options trading, a "strangle" refers to an options position that consists of both a call and a put option on the same underlying stock, with the contracts having identical expirations but differing ...

Earnings season is in full swing, with Wall Street awaiting reports from several Big Tech names this week. While fast approaching, there's still time to speculate on volatility using options. One way ...

Easily one of the standout performers this year, big-data analytics specialist Palantir Technologies (PLTR) has gained almost 400% of market value since the beginning of January. However, it can also ...

AppleAAPL is currently trading with very low implied volatility, which means options on the stock are cheap compared with the last 12 months. So it's a good time to look at a breakout trade such as a ...

Yesterday, on CNBC, I noticed a great deal of hoopla on the earnings announcement from RIMM expected later that evening. I hadn't been following RIMM specifically, but this reminder forced me to ...

A trader recently reached out asking about an option trading approach that they picked up from a book written back in the 1990’s. The basic idea was to buy a long dated strangle and consistently sell ...

It seems like yesterday when I was attempting to do some last minute studying for an Environmental Economics test but could not concentrate, because I was very distracted by the nightly news... Yes it ...

With earnings season ramping up, traders might be looking for a way to cash in on this especially volatile time of the year. However, predicting a stock's post-earnings trajectory can be difficult to ...

Lucas Downey is the co-founder of MoneyFlows, and an Investopedia Academy instructor. Timothy Li is a consultant, accountant, and finance manager with an MBA from USC and over 15 years of corporate ...