Learn how straddles and strangles in options trading can maximize profits from stock price movements. Understand their ...

How to profit from a big move in either direction With earnings season right around the corner, options players might want to look into employing a long straddle strategy. A long straddle is typically ...

Advanced Micro DevicesAMD has been trading in an increasingly tight range over the last few weeks. Chances are, AMD stock will break out at some point soon. One way to profit from such a breakout is ...

scalping is when you buy or sell shares of the underlying stock to take advantage of the daily price fluctuations. The profits gained from gamma scalping are used to cover for the theta decay on the ...

Volatility is back towards the lowest levels we have seen in 2026 with the VIX Index closing at 14.87 on Monday. When ...

With earnings season ramping up, traders might be looking for a way to cash in on this especially volatile time of the year. However, predicting a stock's post-earnings trajectory can be difficult to ...

We recently published a performance review of at-the-money (ATM) NDX straddles with between one and five days left to expiration. One finding was that consistent sellers of 3-Day, 4-Day, and 5-Day NDX ...

A few months ago, we explored trying to smooth out performance of consistently shorting straddles with a buying dated long straddle using NDX options. We found that a consistent strategy selling NDX 3 ...

The straddle is an options trading strategy, so named for the shape it makes on a pricing chart; your position literally “straddles” the price of the underlying asset. With the straddle, you trade on ...

ⓘ This article is third-party content and does not represent the views of this site. We make no guarantees regarding its accuracy or completeness. Volatility is back towards the lowest levels we have ...

This past week's stock market rally was not surprising. That's because a specific type of option trade known as a “Straddle” is currently profitable. When Long Straddle* trading is profitable in a ...