Options trading has become increasingly popular in recent years, and we thought it was time to update our intern's guide for U.S. options to help you understand options and how options markets work.

Binary options - which are also referred to as digital options, are one of the fastest growing financial trading products in the world because their simplicity, together with the certainty which they ...

An option is a financial instrument whose value is tied to an underlying asset; this is known as a derivative. Instead of buying an asset, such as company stock, outright, an options contract allows ...

When I first saw the term “multi-leg options”, my mind went to a three-legged race or a funky tap dance—certainly not trading. But in the world of options trading, ...

Options trading is the practice of buying or selling options contracts. Whether you buy or sell depends on how you think a stock will perform over a specific period of time. Many, or all, of the ...

The jade lizard options strategy, invented by the original Lizard Trader, is a risk-defined, bull put credit spread. Using a spread of options with different strike prices but the same expiration date ...

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Options trading is taking the stock market by storm. Long gone are the days traders relied on traditional stock trading exclusively. The benefits and convenience of equity options allow traders to ...