Options are among the most misunderstood investments, as many investors aren't familiar with even the most basic elements of how options work. Many people mistakenly assume that options are risky, ...

Call options are a type of option that increases in value when a stock rises. They’re the best-known kind of option, and they allow the owner to lock in a price to buy a specific stock by a specific ...

In my recent story about "zero days to expiration" options, I focused primarily on the danger of this risky part of the market. But the piece generated a lot of member questions about options in ...

Options trading is the buying and selling of options contracts in the market, usually on a public exchange. Options are often the next level of security that new investors learn about following their ...

It's easier than ever to trade options. Are you interested in trading options but want to learn more? All Star Charts' chief options strategist Sean McLaughlin joins Yahoo Finance Markets and Data ...

The strike price is the price at which a put or call option can be exercised. It's also known as the exercise price. Picking the strike price is one of three key decisions an investor must make when ...

Today we are discussing why we sell options, what the benefit is for us and the downside could be. One of the primary benefits of selling options is, of course, collecting premium.

As new traders flood the market, a return to the fundamentals may help beginners understand the fundamentals of options trading. To better assist them, we are exploring how weekly and monthly options ...

Option pricing is calculated using the Black-Scholes model, which takes four influential factors into account: the price of an underlying stock (assuming constant drift and volatility), an option’s ...

International investing offers Zimbabwean investors exciting opportunities, especially in large markets like the United States. Among various ways to invest, options trading has grown popular because ...