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 bear call spread is an options strategy where you sell a call option at one strike price and buy another at a higher strike price for the same stock and expiration. This approach caps both potential ...

Bear put spreads limit loss to net debit, capping maximum at difference between two puts. This strategy suits investors expecting a slight stock/index drop due to specific events. Profit potential is ...

Traders typically think of options as a way to quickly multiply their money, and sure, they can do that. But options can also be used to generate income, and they can offer lower-risk ways to provide ...

While index funds provide broad market exposure to credit and interest rate (duration) risk, they do not take advantage of a persistent market inefficiency called the volatility risk premium. OVT uses ...

Typically, once you’ve had enough (fun or frustration) with a speculative enterprise like troubled semiconductor giant Intel (INTC), it’s usually best to part ways. However, the market still seems ...

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 ...

Nandish Shah of HDFC Securities suggests Bull Spread Strategy on Bank Nifty; Buy 60100 CE and sell 60500 CE for a cost of ...

Trading options can be a complicated process. Information overload among the uninitiated is prevalent, as a lot of options strategies are available and traders need to evaluate all of the possible ...

Novo Nordisk's economic moat is eroding due to increased competition and US drug price pressures, but growth in international markets and new launches support the outlook. My updated fair value ...

The sharp decline sent shares of iShares Bitcoin tumbling. The fund is trading well below both its 50-day line and 200-day ...