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A put option is a financial contract that provides an investor the right (but not obligation) to sell a stock at a designated price prior to an expiration date. Learn more about put options and how ...

While many are familiar with buying stocks in hopes of profiting, the strategies for benefiting from price declines are often less understood. Two powerful tools in the bearish (pessimistic) ...

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Options trading might sound complex, but there are basic strategies that most investors can use to improve returns, bet on the market's movement, or hedge existing positions. Covered calls, collars, ...

An option is a contract that allows the buyer to buy or sell shares of stock at an agreed-upon price. Investors can get outsized returns by using options instead of simply owning stocks. Be forewarned ...

Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He ...

What will a stock be worth at a future date? Buying a call option bets on “more.” Selling a call bets on “less.” Here are 3 examples of call options trading. Many, or all, of the products featured on ...

Editor’s note: This article uses a simplified example to illustrate how a lattice model works. In the exhibits, the option term is only four years—much shorter than the 10-year life of a typical ...

With Apple (AAPL) climbing significantly today and trading near some key statistical levels, Schwab Network unveiled a “bullish example trade” involving call options on AAPL stock. But the stock is ...

When you purchase an options contract, you're purchasing the right to buy or sell a stock (or other security) at a set price. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our ...

The Schwab Network recently discussed an “example” options trade involving Netflix (NFLX). According to the network, the trade is “neutral to bullish” and takes advantage of the stock’s expected high ...