Options straddles and options strangles are two advanced options strategies that can be used to capitalize on changes in implied volatility (IV) and stock price volatility. Options straddles and ...

Schaeffer's Senior Trading Analyst Bryan Sapp offers a trader's take on how (and when) to play long straddles and strangles With that in mind, I sat down with Schaeffer's Senior Trading Analyst Bryan ...

With earnings season in full swing, here's an options strategy that's perfect for a company about to report. A straddle involves buying both a call and a put at the same strike price (at-the-money) at ...

When market direction is uncertain and conditions are anything but calm, what's an option trader to do? Two strategies that might fit are longer term straddles or strangles. CBOE Volatility Index SPX ...

When market direction is uncertain, but conditions are anything but calm, what's an option trader to do? Two strategies that might fit are longer term straddles or strangles. CBOE Volatility Index SPX ...

With earnings season underway, here's an options strategy that's perfect for a company about to report. A straddle involves buying both a call and a put at the same strike price (at-the-money) at the ...