Steve Chen focuses on the delta and theta decay when setting up bear calls spreads. He sticks to delta rates between 0.16 to 0.20 to collect premium and mitigate risk. He also keeps his contracts ...

Steve Chen was options trading covered calls and LEAPS options in neutral and bullish markets. This year, he pivoted to bear call spreads because the market became bullish. It allows him to earn ...

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 ...

Want to broaden your investor playbook, but don't know how or where to start? Yahoo Finance markets and data editor Jared ...

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 ...

U.S. markets have seen consistent growth in options trading over the past couple of decades. Contracts traded have increased in part because of new options being listed – with more choices for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Making wealth creation easy, accessible and transparent. A margin call happens when a broker demands an investor bring their ...

Options trading can offer lucrative opportunities but involves high risk and complexity, prompting some traders to join options trading prop firms for capital, training and support. Prop trading firms ...

Options trading has become increasingly popular in recent years, and we thought it was time to update our intern's guide for U.S. options to help you understand options and how options markets work.