Options
Learn about options trading, from how to place your first options trade to more advanced topics.
A Guide to the Covered Strangle Options Strategy
Learn how covered strangles can potentially help traders earn extra income from options and manage their stock positions during periods of sideways trading.
Risks of Options Assignment
Before entering an options trade, traders should consider the possibility of early assignment. Learn more about assignment and how to potentially reduce risks associated with it.
An Investor's Guide to Options Income ETFs
Options income ETFs offer investors a unique combination of high yields, downside cushion, and reduced volatility, but they come with risks worth considering.
Short Straddles vs. Strangles Options Strategies
Short straddles and strangles can help traders take advantage of range-bound trading or drops in implied volatility. But advanced options strategies carry greater potential risk.
Options Trading: Covered Call Strategy Basics
Understanding how this options strategy works could help traders potentially earn income from stocks they own, but it's not without risks. Take the time to learn what's involved.
Money Due: Handling Credit Spread Assignment
Early assignment is a risk of trading credit spreads. What happens when a trader's notified money is due? Learn how to take an economical approach to managing an early assignment.
Practice Options Trading on the thinkorswim Platform
Stock traders may consider options as way to generate income or speculate on the market, but it takes practice to master the complexities. Learn how to get started risk-free.
Using S&P 500 Put Options to Hedge a Downturn
Using S&P 500 put options for temporary downside portfolio protection when concerns over an event-driven sell-off are elevated.
How to Hedge in a Volatile Market
Options hedging strategies allow investors to insure against market risk, although this protection comes at a cost. Find out how to hedge with options.
Comparing Index Options and Equity Options
Index options are typically used to hedge and speculate on broad swaths of the market, while single equity options track much narrower underlying assets. Both can have a place in a trader's toolkit.