When most traders think of making money in the markets, they picture buying low and selling high — or riding a trend. But ...

Options straddles and options strangles are remarkably similar strategies. Both options strategies involve using a call and a put option on the same underlying security with the same expiration date.

With earnings season right around the corner, options players might want to look into employing a long straddle strategy. A long straddle is typically used ahead of expected volatility (such as ...

For a straddle, higher vega translates into higher option prices, all things being equal. For example, a vega of 0.3 means that an option's price will rise by 30 cents for each point increase in ...

Although SoFi Technologies saw its share price drop by 12% between Tuesday’s open and 10 a.m. yesterday, the international ...

With Boeing trading near 230 on Monday, investors can consider a long straddle trade by buying both the 230 call and 230 put expiring September 19. This position costs about 15.75 ...

Volatility is back towards the lowest levels we have seen in 2025 with the VIX Index closing at 14.99 yesterday. When ...

One idea was to combine long NDX option positions with short dated short straddles. A first run at this suggestion yielded promising results.

Option "straddles" on Microsoft's stock are priced for a slightly bigger-than-average one-day post-earnings move, and much less than the 6.1% move after last quarter's results.

Targeting the $7 February Long Straddle At the time of writing, traders may want to consider the $7 long straddle in UEC stock for the options chain expiring Feb. 21, 2025.

This past week's stock market rally was not surprising. That's because a specific type of option trade known as a “Straddle” is currently profitable. When Long Straddle* trading is profitable ...