All Star Charts' chief options strategist Sean McLaughlin joins Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre, who also hosts Yahoo Finance's Stocks in Translation podcast, to outline the basics ...

Options trading may sound risky and complex for beginner investors, but there are some basic strategies that even novices can ...

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 ...

Selling and buying options with zero days to expiration can be risky. There's a strategy for trading options that's generating quite a bit of buzz: trading an option contract with zero days to ...

Subscribers to Chart of the Week received this commentary on Sunday, August 27. Last week, COO and fearless leader Katie Schaeffer was chatting with me about our latest product, In-the-Money Countdown ...

Retail options trading exploded in 2020 as stimulus money flooded into the bank accounts of many retail investors stuck at home with little to do. As a result, certain stocks (especially the tech ...

Mention stock options to most individual investors and the response is likely to be either a look of fear or bewilderment. Stock options, after all, are thought to be for traders, for those who like ...

If you're new to options trading, you might be confused by the many terms, such as vertical options, straddles, and strangles. The following article will introduce you to each type and explain why ...

Investors in Western Digital Corp (Symbol: WDC) saw new options become available this week, for the March 2025 expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to ...

Investors in Ouster Inc (Symbol: OUST) saw new options become available this week, for the February 2026 expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, ...

Coinbase Global, Inc. (COIN) stock has hit a bump in the road as Bitcoin is on a downturn. That has led to very unusual call options activity in COIN stock, according to a Barchart report. Is this a ...