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 ...

Options trading is the practice of buying or selling options contracts. Whether you buy or sell depends on how you think a stock will perform over a specific period of time. Many, or all, of the ...

For individuals aspiring to become options traders, here are six of the best books that offer help in understanding and profiting from the options markets.

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

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Making wealth creation easy, accessible and transparent. Options allow you to make money in the stock market regardless of whether ...

For Wall Street firms, retail traders are attractive market participants because they tend to be less informed about underlying security values and the true trading costs they might be incurring. To ...

Financial giants have made a conspicuous bearish move on First Solar. Our analysis of options history for First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR) revealed 21 unusual trades. Delving into the details, we found 38% ...

Day trading options is a popular strategy for traders who seek to take advantage of short-term market fluctuations. Options are financial derivatives that give the holder the right, but not the ...

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After evaluating the trading volumes and Open Interest, it's evident that the major market movers are focusing on a price band between $25.0 and $33.0 for Carnival, spanning the last three months.

When it comes to trading financial markets, two of the most popular options for retail traders are forex and binary options. Both offer the potential for significant returns, but they differ ...