In the financial world, options come in one of two flavors: calls and puts. The way that calls and puts function is actually ...

An investor would sell a put option if their outlook on the underlying was bullish and would sell a call option if their outlook on a specific asset was bearish.

Discover how ladder options lock in gains at set price levels and benefit traders regardless of market retracements, complete ...

Investors in Amazon.com Inc (Symbol: AMZN) saw new options become available today, for the May 2025 expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, ...

I discussed a possible Occidental Petroleum Corp (OXY) dividend raise next month in my Dec. 23, 2025, Barchart article. I ...

Call options are one of the two major types of options, and investors have two ways to use them: either selling them or buying them. Buying, or going long, calls offers tremendous potential gains, and ...

When traders first start using options, they often employ them either as a way to take a directional view on an asset (buying a call if they expect it to rise or a put if they expect it to fall) or as ...

What is crypto options trading? A crypto options contract grants the holder the right, but not the obligation, to purchase (call option) or sell (put option) an underlying cryptocurrency at a ...