Could the rules of the options market be quietly costing you ten times more than your stock trades? A recent study in The ...

Who can be assigned and when assignment risk is highest Last week we talked about how and when to exercise options, and to ...

The owner of a Roth IRA can trade options using funds in the account, but restrictions and risks make the strategy unlikely ...

An option is a financial instrument whose value is tied to an underlying asset; this is known as a derivative. Instead of buying an asset, such as company stock, outright, an options contract allows ...

Traders in the options market are betting on further declines in gold prices, with the ongoing Middle East conflict stoking ...