What Is a Butterfly Spread? When markets are volatile, experienced investors may seek to profit by adopting a complex option strategy like butterfly spreads. By using these strategies, investors can ...

First, the Expected Move. The Expected Move is the amount that options traders believe a stock price will move up or down. It can serve as a quick way to see where real-money option traders are ...

Hey everyone – Scott Bauer from Prosper Trading Academy here. In exploring advanced options strategies, it’s crucial to understand how variations can be applied to tailor risk and reward. Today, I’m ...

Two weeks ago, I wrote about the Simplify Enhanced Income ETF (HIGH), which invests in T-bills and equity option spreads. HIGH offers investors a strong 9.4% distribution yield, with low realized ...

Condors are versatile options trading strategies that provide more opportunities to profit. An options trader can set up a condor or iron condor to profit from a sideways market or volatile one.

Simplify Enhanced Income ETF is an actively managed fund that uses options plays to generate income, selling option credit spreads rather than covered calls. The fund targets a delta range of 25-30 ...

Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). Katrina Ávila Munichiello is an experienced editor, writer, fact-checker, and ...

Subscribers to Chart of the Week received this commentary on Sunday, September 17. While we’ve covered 0DTE options on our site and in this space before, we thought it’d be educational to share a ...

Bull call spreads involve buying and selling call options at different strike prices. This strategy caps potential losses to the net debit paid while also capping gains. Used by investors expecting ...

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 ...