Tag: options trading

Traders are always asking me how to trade volatility. Short volatility has certainly been the way to go this year with VIX Short-Term Futures (NYSEARCA:VXX)...

Alibaba Group (NASDAQ:BABA) had a successful start after going public in late 2014, pricing at $68 per share and quickly soaring to $120 by...

Energy has been one of the worst performing sectors in Q1 of 2017. The Oil & Gas Exploration ETF (NYSEARCA:XOP) is down 10% and...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) Inc has been on a historic run of late much to the dismay of the doubters on Wall Street. And there is...

Michael Lamothe from Chart Your Trade recently posted a chart that caught my eye. The stock is Lumentum Holdings (NASDAQ:LITE) and to be honest,...

The SPDR Euro Stoxx 50 ETF (NYSEARCA:FEZ) trades on average 9,427 options per day with 5,356 calls and 4,071 puts, but recently has seen...

One of the better uses of options trading is for event-driven strategies due to the ability to define your risk and the flexibility of...

In the markets, periods of consolidation are generally followed by periods of contraction. The Russell 2000 ETF (NYSEARCA:IWM) has been trading sideways for 2 months...

Verizon has taken a beating lately having dropped from $54.80 down to $48.40, a decline of 11.7%. Verizon has long been a favorite for...

When starting out with options, a natural place to begin is with covered calls. It’s a very easy to understand strategy for those that...