Explore 10 essential options strategies every investor should know, from basic calls and puts to advanced spreads, risks, rewards, and real-world use cases explained.

A bull put spread is an options strategy where you sell a put option at a higher price and buy one at a lower price for the same asset and expiration date. This helps generate income and limits losses ...

Explore how to buy option spreads. This approach reduces risk by selling a less expensive option and buying another, aiming ...

In a bull market, stocks are trending upwards, and investors are often trying to place trades that would benefit from rising prices. Option strategies have defined parameters that allow you to express ...

Snowflake stock: Selling a spread could generate an almost 18% return in five months.

The jade lizard options strategy, invented by the original Lizard Trader, is a risk-defined, bull put credit spread. Using a spread of options with different strike prices but the same expiration date ...

A bull call spread involves going long on a lower strike call and short on a higher strike call of the same expiry on the same underlying. This week, we explore a modification of the bull call spread ...

When traders first start using options, they often employ them either as a way to take a directional view on an asset (buying a call if they expect it to rise or a put if they expect it to fall) or as ...

While all publicly traded enterprises aim for business success, achieving it can also ironically lead to valuation pressures. That's the tough lesson that pharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences, Inc.

A bull call spread is an options strategy used to profit from moderate increases in the underlying asset’s price while limiting risk. It involves buying a call option at a lower strike price and ...