Explore 10 essential options strategies every investor should know, from basic calls and puts to advanced spreads, risks, rewards, and real-world use cases explained.

A strangle is a popular options strategy that involves holding both a call and a put on the same underlying asset. It yields ...

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 data-driven loo at 2025's top four-week straddle stocks Options trading continues to grow in 2025, setting another record ...

To determine which stocks delivered the most attractive options plays, I calculated returns on four-week straddles starting ...

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 ...

It is no secret that short-dated index options have taken the trading world by storm over the past couple of years. Most of the focus is on very short-dated index options that have a day or less to ...

Nifty has broken above the key 26,000 resistance, turning the short-term trend positive amid rising FII buying and short ...

Option trading can deliver tremendous profits, but the flip side of those gains is the potential for tremendous losses, since option trading is a zero-sum game. Those who are just getting started with ...