is not as violent as it sounds, nor as deadly. It simply is a variation on the straddle, and it presents some interesting possibilities in terms of profit potential and risk. When two strangles are ...

An options strangle is a strategy to profit from price swings in either direction of an underlying asset. How does an options strangle work and what are the risks and rewards involved? Benzinga ...

Merck is showing high implied volatility at 32.3%, which is close to the highest level of volatility we have seen for this stock in 12 months. As option traders, we can take advantage of that by ...

The Realty Income (O) options strategy continues to generate consistent premium income through rolling short strangles, thanks to what has been a range-bound share price. Though there are times that O ...

DocuSign stock rallied hard on Friday, on the back of better Q2 results and forward guidance. A former tech darling, DOCU has seen its shares plummet by more than -77% since their 2021 peak. We feel ...

Finding optimal swing trades can be tricky when the stock market is chopping in a range. However, volatility option strategies that benefit from time decay can be a great choice, especially if implied ...

Target (TGT) is currently showing above average volatility with an IV Percentile of 85% and an IV Rank of 71%. TGT rates as a Strong Buy according to 16 analysts with 3 Moderate Buy, 11 Hold and 1 ...

The big news on Wednesday was the Federal Reserve's 0.25% cut in its key federal funds rate to a range of 3.5%-3.75%.

In options trading, a "strangle" refers to an options position that consists of both a call and a put option on the same underlying stock, with the contracts having identical expirations but differing ...

Bitcoin BTC $91,199.24 defied expectations for significant volatility in August, trading within a range. As market dynamics indicate a continued low-volatility regime in the near term, 10x Research ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...