Selling short Occidental Petroleum (OXY) puts has worked for the last 2 months, as seen in my last 2 Barchart OXY articles.

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Learn about exercise prices, also known as strike prices, and how they determine option value for call and put trades.

Yields are drying up as rates are poised to move lower, but high-yield option trades remain interesting to us. SMH is a great candidate for selling put options. The underlying portfolio is high ...

A put option (or "put"), which gives the holder the right to sell, can be contrasted with a call option, which provides the holder with the right to buy the underlying security at a specified price, ...

Options can be used to generate extra income like in this cash secured put trade on Crocs, Inc. (CROX). But they can also be ...

Overlay Shares implements the strategy through put spreads, pairing each short put with a lower-strike long put to establish a defined-risk options overlay. For some investors, selling puts may offer ...

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

While many investors view options trading as a short-term strategy, it can also play an important role in a long-term ...