A debit spread is an options strategy that involves the purchase and sale of the same class of options with the same expiration date but different strike prices. Right now, this may sound confusing, ...

An option is a financial instrument whose value is tied to an underlying asset; this is known as a derivative. Instead of buying an asset, such as company stock, outright, an options contract allows ...

If you are trading options contracts, you should make it a point to understand cash-settled options. Cash-settled options settle on cash payment at expiration, as seen with index options. Seems simple ...

The modern trading landscape has changed. Retail traders concentrated in broad indices are more vulnerable than ever as performance benchmarks are increasingly driven by a relatively small cadre of ...

A large institutional options fund may have contributed to some of the recent volatility in the S&P 500.