The most common forms of equity compensation include restricted stock units (RSU), stock options, and employee stock purchase plans (ESPP). For employers, equity compensation can result in tax ...

Every options trader knows that volatility creates both risk and opportunity, but few truly understand the hidden forces that ...

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 ...

While trading options can be a profitable practice for "vanilla" bulls and bears, these investment vehicles can be traded to fit almost any outlook on a stock. Today, we will discuss the specifics of ...

One of the most common ways for traders and investors to obtain exposure to crude oil without physically handling barrels is ...

Should the stock plummet into options expiration, the long put will gain value and the short call will expire worthless.

At the beginning of 2022 I hit on a better way than going short to hedge my long positions: buying cheap put options on stocks I expected to tank. Following this strategy was very profitable at first, ...

I opened a position in Realty Income (O) for its monthly income, raising dividends, and stable implied volatility, enabling a consistent covered call strategy. By purchasing 200 shares at $57 and ...