In stark contrast to today’s booming, vibrant options market, the quarter century starting in 1973 was downright somnolent.

Whether an option is bought or sold, whether it is a call or a put, when it trades on the exchange, it is considered volume. In short, option volume is the number of contracts traded in a security ...

Based on the trading activity, it appears that the significant investors are aiming for a price territory stretching from $35 ...

Open interest and volume are two closely related topics in the world of options trading, so it makes sense to discuss them as a unified subject. Volume is already a familiar concept to stock ...

As you will see later – that’s not the same for options. Chart 1: When you buy (or sell) stocks, you profit as the price rises and lose if the price falls (or vice versa) In contrast ...

The total options volume on Friday was 101 million contracts, about 77% above recent average levels, according to Cboe Global Markets. Options tied to tech stocks were especially popular.

Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 14 options trades for MongoDB. This isn't normal. The overall sentiment of these ...