Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

A short straddle is an advanced options strategy used when a trader is seeking to profit from an underlying stock trading in a narrow range. Since it involves having to sell both a call and a put, the ...

When most traders think of making money in the markets, they picture buying low and selling high — or riding a trend. But what’s the best trade to make when a stock does absolutely nothing? That’s ...

A few months ago, we explored trying to smooth out performance of consistently shorting straddles with a buying dated long straddle using NDX options. We found that a consistent strategy selling NDX 3 ...

Please Note: Blog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors. A strangle is a variation on the straddle, and it presents some interesting possibilities in terms of profit ...

A strangle is a popular options strategy that involves holding both a call and a put on the same underlying asset. It yields ...

A data-driven loo at 2025's top four-week straddle stocks Options trading continues to grow in 2025, setting another record ...

A straddle can be considered a volatility spread, as the trader who puts on the straddle is speculating on the volatility, or degree of movement of the underlying, not necessarily the direction of ...

Options allow for greater flexibility when it comes to expressing a wide variety of market outlooks. Implied volatility tends to rise into earnings events, providing options sellers with potential ...