James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial consultant. She has a demonstrated ...

How to profit from a big move in either direction With earnings season right around the corner, options players might want to look into employing a long straddle strategy. A long straddle is typically ...

Earnings reports will flood the market next week. Could this be the juice the S&P 500 needs?

Volatility is back towards the lowest levels we have seen in 2025 with the VIX Index closing at 16.35 on Wednesday. When volatility is low, options become cheaper, so today we’re looking for stocks ...

The options market is priced for a one-day post earnings move in Tesla's stock that would be slightly bigger than usual over the longer term, but less than its more recent moves. An options strategy ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Plus, a list of another 19 stocks made good straddle plays in 2025 Options trading continued to grow in 2025, setting another record for trading volume. While lists of the year's best and worst stock ...

Recently, we published a study exploring the behavior of short-dated straddles using Nasdaq-100 (NDX) options. That write up may be found here A Deep Dive Into Short Dated at-the-Money NDX Straddles.

Straddles on Alphabet's stock are priced for a one-day post-earnings move that is about 17% greater than the average move over previous 12 quarters. Straddlers are pure volatility plays, what involve ...