Short sales can be used either for speculation or as an indirect way of hedging long exposure. For example, if you have a concentrated long position in large-cap technology stocks, you could short ...

The breakeven for a short put spread is found by subtracting the net credit from the sold strike. In this example, the breakeven is $67.17. As long as XYZ stays above this level, the trader will ...

Options trading by One Photo via Shutterstock. Sofi Technologies (SOFI) stock has trending higher and is showing positive ...

The firm's call option exposure fell 27.36% to $617.83 million, and put exposure plunged 43.93% to $837.75 million. CMT Capital Markets Trading has a net short exposure of -$103.71 million.

SI traded up sharply today, and for now, the exposure I liked most is to a few short-term (1 week and one month) $20 puts. The latter currently goes for $0.90, which is less than I paid on average.

NEW YORK, Sept 14 (Reuters) - An exchange-traded fund (ETF) that started trading on Thursday offers investors a new way to participate in the hot market for short-dated equity options, a risky ...

Net exposure can be contrasted with a fund's gross exposure, which does not offset long and short positions. Net exposure is therefore often a more accurate measure of a fund's amount-at-risk. Key ...