Options trading has become popular, especially during periods of high volatility in the market. Traders use the IV Rank metric to identify opportunities where implied volatility is at extremes.

Volatility influences options prices because dramatic price swings amplify gains and losses. While traders can’t look at a crystal ball to see how much volatility the market will endure, implied ...

As an options trader, I am always on the lookout for potential earnings plays. One stock that caught my attention is CrowdStrike, due to a significant difference in implied volatility of options for ...

Investors in Alamos Gold Inc. AGI need to pay close attention to the stock based on moves in the options market lately. That ...

Calendar spreads are a versatile options strategy that allows traders to capitalize on time decay and changes in implied ...

Investors in Green Dot Corporation GDOT need to pay close attention to the stock based on moves in the options market lately.

When the stock market becomes a roller coaster, the gains and losses both get larger. Traders have the potential to make profits during volatility, but getting it wrong can result in losses. Some ...

Today we are taking a closer look at volatility -- specifically, what it means when there is an abundance or lack of volatility, as well as the two primary types of volatility each options trader must ...

Implied volatility is a powerful but often misunderstood metric that plays a major role in options trading. Implied volatility doesn’t tell you what’s going to happen to an option’s price, but it ...

I have been actively using options strategies, specifically Covered Calls and Cash Secured Puts, since retiring in 2019, after pausing my trading which dates back to the mid-1980s. One of the ...

Learn about the Black-Scholes model, how it works, and how its formula helps estimate fair option prices by weighing ...

LONDON & NEW YORK & HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Options Technology, a trailblazer in capital markets infrastructure, today announced the successful deployment of Cboe Hanweck’s European option ...