Learn about the volatility smile, a key concept in options trading that perplexes many investors, and how it impacts options ...

Investors in General Mills, Inc. GIS need to pay close attention to the stock based on moves in the options market lately. That is because the March 20, 2026 $80.00 Call had some of the highest ...

Today we are taking a closer look at volatility -- specifically, what it means when there is an abundance or lack of volatility, as well as the two primary types of volatility each options trader must ...

Volatility influences options prices because dramatic price swings amplify gains and losses. While traders can’t look at a crystal ball to see how much volatility the market will endure, implied ...

As an options trader, I am always on the lookout for potential earnings plays. One stock that caught my attention is CrowdStrike, due to a significant difference in implied volatility of options for ...

Investors in Advanced Flower Capital Inc. AFCG, also known as AFC, need to pay close attention to the stock based on moves in the options market lately. That is because the April 17, 2026 $10.00 Call ...

I have been actively using options strategies, specifically Covered Calls and Cash Secured Puts, since retiring in 2019, after pausing my trading which dates back to the mid-1980s. One of the ...

For Wall Street firms, retail traders are attractive market participants because they tend to be less informed about underlying security values and the true trading costs they might be incurring. To ...

As new traders flood the market, a return to the basics may help novices understand the fundamentals of options trading. Volatility, for example, refers to the propensity of a security's price to move ...

The thesis for this article is already captured in the title. In the subsequent sections, I will argue why the combination of elevated P/E ratios for the overall equity market and muted level of ...

One of the major factors that influences the price of an option is implied volatility (IV). In simplest terms, implied volatility is the anticipated movement of an underlying equity over a certain ...

Implied volatility is a powerful but often misunderstood metric that plays a major role in options trading. Implied volatility doesn’t tell you what’s going to happen to an option’s price, but it ...