Largely we live in a country and culture where choices can be multiplied to the highest sum. One where we find strange pleasure in our relentless attempt to pat the brim of the thinkable: Four ...

Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). Yarilet Perez is an experienced multimedia journalist and fact-checker with a ...

Today let's talk about one of the 'Greeks' in options trading that doesn't get enough coverage -- and that's Theta. Theta measures how much value an option will lose each day due to the passage of ...

When it comes to options trading, there is so much to keep in mind — from calls and puts (and whether they're short or long), but even that just scratches the surface. JARED BLIKRE: Welcome back to ...

What is Theta? What is option time decay? How does time decay work? These are common questions of beginning options traders. Theta is the Greek term used to denote option time decay. Theta is one of ...

Time value led drop in option premium is not a new thing to anyone. This is most popularly known as Theta Decay. Naturally Option Premium keep reducing in value with the passage of time. For an option ...

Option writing (selling) is, by far, one of the most successful strategies ever. Apart from all the statistical reasoning, the fact is that an option writer takes a trade with a negative profit ...

Intrinsic value is the current worth of an option if exercised now; time value decreases as expiration nears. Theta measures the daily decrease in an option's time value as it approaches its ...

J.W. Jones writes: As discussed in the first article, “The Hidden Potential of Learning How to Trade SPX and Gold Options” I pointed out that there are several fundamental principles that must be ...

Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). Trading options may seem complicated, but there are tools available that can ...