Learning how to trade options helps expand your trading choices. It’s a powerful tool you can use to speculate on and hedge against market moves. But how do you know which strategy to use in a certain ...

A put option is a financial contract that provides an investor the right (but not obligation) to sell a stock at a designated price prior to an expiration date. Learn more about put options and how ...

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When you purchase an options contract, you're purchasing the right to buy or sell a stock (or other security) at a set price. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our ...

While many are familiar with buying stocks in hopes of profiting, the strategies for benefiting from price declines are often less understood. Two powerful tools in the bearish (pessimistic) ...

Lucas Downey is the co-founder of MoneyFlows, and an Investopedia Academy instructor. A ladder option is an exotic option that locks in partial profits once the underlying asset reaches predetermined ...

Thomas J Catalano is a CFP and Registered Investment Adviser with the state of South Carolina, where he launched his own financial advisory firm in 2018. Thomas' experience gives him expertise in a ...