An option is a contract that allows the buyer to buy or sell shares of stock at an agreed-upon price. Investors can get outsized returns by using options instead of simply owning stocks. Be forewarned ...

Options trading may sound risky and complex for beginner investors, but there are some basic strategies that even novices can ...

All Star Charts' chief options strategist Sean McLaughlin joins Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre, who also hosts Yahoo Finance's Stocks in Translation podcast, to outline the basics ...

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Right now is a great time to be an options trader. Every major trading platform is racing to reduce costs to as close to $0 as humanly possible — and it’s getting close. Until recently, nearly every ...

With rising market volatility and more physicians exploring side investments, options trading has become an increasingly common topic in financial discussions.

Selling and buying options with zero days to expiration can be risky. There's a strategy for trading options that's generating quite a bit of buzz: trading an option contract with zero days to ...

The options market can seem to have a language of its own. To the average investor, there are likely a number of unfamiliar terms, but for an individual with a short options position—someone who has ...

The stock market has seen a sharp rise in participation by retail investors in derivatives trading, particularly in futures ...