Options traders employ several trading strategies, but they all have the same objective: to make a profit. It’s possible to make money with options trading, and knowing how to calculate profitability ...

Momentum traders try to profit from a short term future outlook on a stock. Traders will often utilize options contracts to play a stock's momentum. Options allow you to increase your odds of success ...

Please Note: Blog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors. The plot of at-the-money Put and Call prices versus expiration dates roughly describes a horizontal parabolic ...

I recently discussed the ability to use implied volatility to calculate the probability of a successful outcome for any given option trade. To review briefly, the essential concepts a trader must ...