Discover how ladder options lock in gains at set price levels and benefit traders regardless of market retracements, complete ...

An investor would sell a put option if their outlook on the underlying was bullish and would sell a call option if their outlook on a specific asset was bearish.

In the financial world, options come in one of two flavors: calls and puts. The way that calls and puts function is actually ...

Investors in Celsius Holdings Inc (Symbol: CELH) saw new options become available today, for the March 2026 expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay ...

Call options are one of the two major types of options, and investors have two ways to use them: either selling them or buying them. Buying, or going long, calls offers tremendous potential gains, and ...

I discussed a possible Occidental Petroleum Corp (OXY) dividend raise next month in my Dec. 23, 2025, Barchart article. I ...

Investors in Olin Corp. (Symbol: OLN) saw new options become available today, for the August 2025 expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the ...

How to use the dividend capture strategy with call options Have you ever noticed a stock getting swarmed with heavy call selling activity just ahead of its ex-dividend date? If so, it's possible that ...

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 ...