What Is a Butterfly Spread? When markets are volatile, experienced investors may seek to profit by adopting a complex option strategy like butterfly spreads. By using these strategies, investors can ...

All week, we've been unpacking options strategies with cool names. Next up, the iron butterfly is a flexible options strategy that can be placed using call or put options, but each trade's risk and ...

Hey everyone – Scott Bauer from Prosper Trading Academy here. In exploring advanced options strategies, it’s crucial to understand how variations can be applied to tailor risk and reward. Today, I’m ...

Today, let's consider the post-earnings trade strategy for Broadcom by combining two butterfly options trades. The trade structure in Broadcom stock involves both a long call butterfly and a long put ...

Investors can use this strategy like an insurance policy; it establishes a price floor if the stock's price falls sharply. This strategy is also known as a protective put, though that can sometimes ...

Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). A positive butterfly is a non-parallel yield curve shift that occurs when short- ...

Options are among the most popular vehicles for traders, because their price can move fast, making (or losing) a lot of money quickly. Options strategies can range from quite simple to very complex, ...

Finding optimal swing trades can be tricky when the stock market is chopping in a range. However, volatility option strategies that benefit from time decay can be a great choice, especially if implied ...

When stocks make big moves, volatility spikes. Understanding how to capitalize on volatility using options can give you a trading edge. Every time you take an options position, you are taking a ...

Options traders can trade calls and puts to potentially benefit from specific movements in stock prices. While you can buy or sell a single call or put to get started, other options trading strategies ...

Picking the right options trading strategy for you will depend on what direction you think a stock’s price will go and your capacity to absorb losses. Buying an option, or “going long,” will have less ...