Volatility influences options prices because dramatic price swings amplify gains and losses. While traders can’t look at a crystal ball to see how much volatility the market will endure, implied ...

Options trading has become popular, especially during periods of high volatility in the market. Traders use the IV Rank metric to identify opportunities where implied volatility is at extremes.

As new traders flood the market, a return to the basics may help novices understand the fundamentals of options trading. Volatility, for example, refers to the propensity of a security's price to move ...

Investors in Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated CORT need to pay close attention to the stock based on moves in the options market lately. That is because the Jan. 16, 2026 $62.50 Call had some of the ...

Volatility, which refers to the propensity of a security's price to move higher or lower, has several key concepts within the realm options trading. Implied volatility (IV) heavily influences the ...

As an options trader, I am always on the lookout for potential earnings plays. One stock that caught my attention is CrowdStrike, due to a significant difference in implied volatility of options for ...

Discover how institutional investors in 2025 leveraged options trading to stabilize Bitcoin's volatility, leading to ...

The option Greeks (Delta, Gamma, Theta, Vega and Rho) are option trading indicators to predict price changes and manage risk in their trading strategy. Each Greek measures a different aspect of an ...

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.

Implied volatility is a powerful but often misunderstood metric that plays a major role in options trading. Implied volatility doesn’t tell you what’s going to happen to an option’s price, but it ...

Put and call options are the building blocks of many options trading strategies. A call option gives the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy a stock at a specified price (the strike price ...