Volatility has picked up in recent days as the market digests rising yields and oil prices along with seasonal headwinds.

Short dated index option trading has grown tremendously over the past few years. Most trading occurs in options expiring on the current or following day. We have been tracking the price behavior and ...

Advanced Micro DevicesAMD has been trading in an increasingly tight range over the last few weeks. Chances are, AMD stock will break out at some point soon. One way to profit from such a breakout is ...

There's finally some volatility returning to the stock market, with the Cboe Volatility Index spiking above 20 for the first time since June. Bond volatility has also ticked higher, but it remains ...

Plus, a list of another 19 stocks made good straddle plays in 2025 Options trading continued to grow in 2025, setting another record for trading volume. While lists of the year's best and worst stock ...

Buying options is a whole different ballgame compared to buying stocks, in part because of the time value component of an option's price. Whereas a stock trader simply needs to be right on the ...

Learn about the critical elements that drive option pricing and enhance your trading strategies by understanding some of these pivotal aspects of options trading.