Easily ranking among the most agonizing options-based ideas, Uber Technologies ($UBER) nevertheless presents a nuanced ...

On the latest episode of the Schaeffer's Market Mashup podcast, Patrick is joined by author, analyst, and options trader extraordinaire Don Fishback to discuss his work on options valuation and ...

I recently discussed the ability to use implied volatility to calculate the probability of a successful outcome for any given option trade. To review briefly, the essential concepts a trader must ...

Typically, traders will use the middle price between an options bid and ask to think about a fair value. Problems occur using this mid price method: when markets are wide, when a bid and ask are ...

Future events are far from certain in the business world. This is especially true for smaller businesses, which tend to have more volatility than larger organizations, or newer businesses without a ...

Thanks to a resurgence in gold prices, New Gold is accelerating toward its February earnings date, thus presenting a bull case for NGD stock.

Discover why options market data suggests a lower crash risk for U.S. stocks than pundit surveys, and how to optimize asset ...

The dangers of zero day options trading highlighted through the Captain Condor wipeout reveal the fragility of frequent small wins that can be wiped out by a single large ...

Somer G. Anderson is CPA, doctor of accounting, and an accounting and finance professor who has been working in the accounting and finance industries for more than 20 years. Her expertise covers a ...