Options contracts are agreements that give investors the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an asset at a set price within a certain time. Expiration dates are important because they ...

Put options are a type of option that increases in value as a stock falls. A put allows the owner to lock in a predetermined price to sell a specific stock, while put sellers agree to buy the stock at ...

It will be the first monthly options expiration to take place one day after a markets holiday since at least 2000, data show On Friday, option traders are facing something unprecedented: A monthly ...

Options contracts give the right to buy or sell stock at set prices, potentially profitable. There are call (buy) and put (sell) options; employee stock options are typically call options. Options' ...

Implied volatility (IV) is a market's forecast that is often used to help traders determine the correct trading strategies ...