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Options strategies can seem complicated, but that's because they offer you a great deal of flexibility in tailoring your potential returns and risks to your specific needs. One interesting strategy ...

In a long straddle, when the underlying stock goes above the breakeven point, the calls will profit and the puts will be completely out of the money, resulting in an overall profitable position.

Options straddles and options strangles are two advanced options strategies that can be used to capitalize on changes in implied volatility (IV) and stock price volatility. Options straddles and ...

Since 1973, when Options were first traded, they garnered a reputation of being highly risky investments designed for expert traders. However, the reward that comes with the risk of investing in ...

You can be an amateur investor who is just starting and trying different strategies or a professional who knows when and where to invest money. However, one thing is universal and known to both types ...

Over the past week, strangles accounted for 16.9% of bitcoin option blocks traded on the platform, while straddles made up 5% ...

A straddle can be considered a volatility spread, as the trader who puts on the straddle is speculating on the volatility, or degree of movement of the underlying, not necessarily the direction of ...