The protective (or "married") put is a good, solid, utilitarian choice for most of your hedging needs. Whenever you'd like to limit the downside risk on a stock holding -- or even lock in some paper ...

Consistent market volatility has become the new normal for traders. Everything from geopolitical conflicts to erratic policy decisions to unprecedented news cycles has markets swinging in ways that ...

At the beginning of 2022 I hit on a better way than going short to hedge my long positions: buying cheap put options on stocks I expected to tank. Following this strategy was very profitable at first, ...

Investors are seeking S&P 500 downside protection as rate cuts shift focus to growth concerns. Hedging strategies include options contracts, indicating the smart money is bracing for volatility. S&P ...

Traders in the Treasury options market are bracing for long-dated bond yields to surge past 5% as a rally in oil prices ...

Stocks have risen for so long, with so few interruptions, that a little market weakness creates lingering investor unease, ...

The S&P 500 is up over 12%, and the Nasdaq is up more than 18% since April 1st, a move that historically demands mean ...

How an options collar can help nervous traders sleep at night More specifically, a collar combines purchasing a protective put and a selling a covered call on a stock the trader already owns. Selling ...

Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin treasury company Nakamoto announced on Friday an actively managed Bitcoin derivatives program designed ...

Institutions are applying the same options playbook they perfected on Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) to altcoins—and XRP (CRYPTO: XRP), Solana (CRYPTO: SOL), and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) are the primary ...