Understand how a strap options strategy utilizes one put and two calls at the same strike and expiration for potentially large bullish market gains.

Headlines abound about the stock market’s turnaround since it bottomed out in March. This presumably reflects the end of the worst recession since the Great Depression — and a Cinderella-like return ...

The straddle is an options trading strategy, so named for the shape it makes on a pricing chart; your position literally “straddles” the price of the underlying asset. With the straddle, you trade on ...

Options, as part of an investment plan, are not for everyone, but for those qualified to consider using these instruments can generate returns commensurate with the risk. The profile of the ideal ...