With earnings season right around the corner, options players might want to look into employing a long straddle strategy. A long straddle is typically used ahead of expected volatility (such as before ...

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 ...

What Is a Straddle in Poker? The term poker straddle is best explained as an optional third blind. A player decides, without looking at their cards, to put in a live bet. This is almost always double ...

We recently published a performance review of at-the-money (ATM) NDX straddles with between one and five days left to expiration. One finding was that consistent sellers of 3-Day, 4-Day, and 5-Day NDX ...

Options trading continues to thrive and shows no signs of slowing down, as seen when 2024 set another record for options volume. While lists of the best and worst stock performers are readily ...

Retail options investors, despite years of the options industry's educational efforts, still lack the sophistication of institutional investors. That's understandable: One's a pro, the other isn't.