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Selling puts is an oft-overlooked option trade that can pair well with long-term investing strategies under certain circumstances. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our ...

In this article, I will explain the basics of options by using Arsenal Football Club season tickets as our guide.

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 ...

Micron Technology (MU) stock is now close to fair value, as analysts have been raising their revenue forecasts and price ...

A popular strategy to protect your portfolio from bear markets is the so-called "protective put" strategy. To execute this, investors buy puts on stocks that they already own to protect their downside ...

Learn option-writing strategies like selling puts and covered calls to maximize income from your portfolio. Perfect for ...

Covered puts involve holding a short position in a stock while also holding the corresponding number of shares, whereas cash secured puts involve selling put options backed by enough cash to purchase ...

Shorting Occidental puts has worked for the last 2 months, as seen in my last 2 Barchart OXY articles. This is even though ...

Market volatility is on the rise and that means option premiums are higher than normal. High volatility means high option premiums for many stocks. Implied volatility rank, or IV Rank for short, is a ...

With market volatility on the rise, put premiums are highly elevated, so it’s a good time to check in on Barchart’s Naked Put Screener. First, let’s find some stocks with above average implied ...