You must pay margins on your long equity call positions if the options are in-the-money (ITM) when they approach expiry. This ...

UBS thinks CTA positioning will exaggerate any downward movement. Option markets become extremely active around expiry on the third Friday of each month. Between now and the next major U.S. option ...

Option trading can deliver tremendous profits, but the flip side of those gains is the potential for tremendous losses, since option trading is a zero-sum game. Those who are just getting started with ...

Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial consultant. She has a demonstrated history of working in both institutional and retail environments, from broker-dealers to ...

Portions of this article were drafted using an in-house natural language generation platform. The article was reviewed, fact-checked and edited by our editorial staff. A covered call is an options ...

Schwab shares a 'covered call' options trade that can turn your shares into steady income.

As we continue to maneuver the second half of the calendar year, now is the perfect time for investors to refresh on important options strategies. One notable strategy worth focusing on is the ...

When traders first start using options, they often employ them either as a way to take a directional view on an asset (buying a call if they expect it to rise or a put if they expect it to fall) or as ...

Nifty 50 Trading Strategy: Axis Securities has recommended a Bull Call Spread strategy for Nifty options contracts expiring ...

Bitcoin's BTC $75,003.23 put-call ratio has jumped ahead of Friday's multi-billion-dollar options expiry on Deribit, but its traditional bearish interpretation may not tell the full story this time.

Between now and the next major U.S. option expiry next week, there are a trifecta of hugely significant evets — and the way certain investors are positioned, a gap lower could trigger even more ...