Trading
Learn how to develop and implement a trading plan that consists of analyzing the markets, filtering for potential opportunities, assessing risks, executing trades, and evaluating results.
Weekly Options: Uses, Risks, and Trade-offs
Learn how weekly stock options can potentially help option traders adjust their exposure during market events like earnings releases or economic announcements.
Trading Psychology: Recovering From Big Losses
A big trading loss can have a lasting impact on a trader's state of mind and hinder successful trading. Learn how to process losses and return to disciplined trading.
Stock Market Terminology: 200+ Investing Definitions
Get definitions for more than 200 common investing terms.
How to Use Heikin Ashi Charts
Heikin ashi charts can potentially help traders identify when trends are likely to reverse. Learn how to read these charts and how to use them when trading.
What Are 0DTE Options? Learn the Basics
0DTE options have grown in popularity. Learn how they work, why higher trading volume may lead to tighter spreads, and why volatility risk matters.
Option Traders: How Portfolio Margin Works
Portfolio margin is available to qualified Schwab clients who have a margin account and meet the requirements. Learn more about what it is, how it works, and the risks involved.
Are Transports Losing Their Barometer Status?
Amid tech competition and industry challenges, transports—long seen as an economic barometer—were outpaced by major indexes over the last year. Is the sector still a useful tool?
Trading the VIX: Strategies for the Fear Index
Some traders use products tied to the VIX to hedge their portfolios against market declines or speculate on shifts in volatility. But trading the VIX carries significant risk.
Box Spreads: What They Are and How to Use Them
A box spread options strategy can be a useful cash management tool when executed correctly, potentially helping traders lend or borrow money synthetically via the options market.