Options trading can be one of the lowest-risk ways to profit from the stock market. But getting started trading options can be challenging. That's why we've created an options trading tutorial that ...

Have you ever heard about trading options, but didn’t know where to even begin? I’ll give you a quick introduction into option contract basics to get you started and lay out a basic trade. In later ...

Call options are a type of option that increases in value when a stock rises. They’re the best-known kind of option, and they ...

Via the use of spreads, average investors can exploit time decay, a characteristic of options, to reap profits in a limited-risk way.. I love Las Vegas. Sure, I enjoy the lush hotels, the waterfall ...

Learn the benefits and risks of options and how to start trading options Lucas Downey is the co-founder of MoneyFlows, and an Investopedia Academy instructor. Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, ...

Elvis Picardo is a regular contributor to Investopedia and has 25+ years of experience as a portfolio manager with diverse capital markets experience. Gordon Scott has been an active investor and ...

A stock option is a contract that gives you the right to buy or sell a stock at a certain price in the future. Stock options can be used to hedge against potential losses in your portfolio. Employee ...

In the world of options, letters of the Greek alphabet (known as "option Greeks," or simply "the Greeks") are used to describe the changes in option premiums that result from the interplay among the ...

International investing offers Zimbabwean investors exciting opportunities, especially in large markets like the United States. Among various ways to invest, options trading has grown popular because ...