Explore 10 essential options strategies every investor should know, from basic calls and puts to advanced spreads, risks, rewards, and real-world use cases explained.

I urge ZIM Integrated Shipping investors to consider hedging strategies. I see extreme earnings uncertainties for ZIM in the near future due to new levies on China-built ships and the potential for ...

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) ...

As an options broker for 15 years, I bought plenty of put options for customers aiming to hedge a long-term portfolio of stocks like SPY. From cursory account encounters, and in many instances, these ...

In the financial world, options come in one of two flavors: calls and puts. The way that calls and puts function is actually ...

The protective (or "married") put is a good, solid, utilitarian choice for most of your hedging needs. Whenever you'd like to limit the downside risk on a stock holding -- or even lock in some paper ...

I'm a fan of YieldMax, but I am quick to point out something I don't think enough investors realize. Or, more disturbingly, don't want to realize. Because it would burst the confidence bubble they ...

Consistent market volatility has become the new normal for traders. Everything from geopolitical conflicts to erratic policy decisions to unprecedented news cycles has markets swinging in ways that ...

Delta hedging is a risk management strategy used to reduce or neutralize the price movements of an underlying asset in options trading. By adjusting the positions in the underlying asset to match the ...

Hedge funds added to bullish options wagers on the Japanese yen Tuesday following news that Bank of Japan officials were open to the idea of raising interest rates again this year, despite the ...