Market volatility has dropped significantly in recent weeks as measured by the CBOE Volatility (VIX) Index. VIX is a real-time index that represents the market expectation for near-term volatility in ...

Investors in TriNet Group, Inc. TNET need to pay close attention to the stock based on moves in the options market lately. That is because the Sept. 18, 2026 $30.00 Put had some of the highest implied ...

Nvidia’s quarterly earnings announcement has been a major stock-market event ever since the AI boom began in earnest with the ...

Explore the risks of buying versus selling options. Learn how to mitigate risks while understanding the potential advantages ...

Options trading has exploded in popularity over the past several years, and there are no signs of slowing down. More than 1.2 billion options contracts were executed in the U.S. in March alone, an ...

Investors in Commerce Bancshares, Inc. CBSH need to pay close attention to the stock based on moves in the options market lately. That is because the Sept. 18, 2026 $65.00 Call had some of the highest ...

Options traders are targeting Gap (GAP) ahead of tomorrow's earnings report, while the stock is staging a pre-earnings bounce ...

Learn how “sell to open” works in options trading. Understand its role in call or put options and explore examples to boost your trading knowledge.

2005 study of the options investor released this April helps explain why brokerage firms have turned more aggressive in their courtship of option traders. The study, which was conducted by Harris ...

Brendan Byrnes is the former Managing Director of Motley Fool Money, a role he held from 2018 to 2026, where he led business strategy and editorial operations. Brendan joined The Motley Fool in 2011 ...

Alpaca has moved index options from paper trading into live trading, giving users access to Cboe-listed contracts including SPX, SPXW, VIX, VIXW, DJX and XSP through its Trading API and dashboard.

The trading floor at the Optiver VOF headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Thursday, March 27, 2025. Optiver, the Amsterdam-based firm that's a loose Dutch portmanteau of "options trader" plans ...