Writing puts can generate investment income or facilitate stock purchases at discounted prices. Discover how to utilize this ...

Put options are a type of option that increases in value as a stock falls. A put allows the owner to lock in a predetermined price to sell a specific stock, while put sellers agree to buy the stock at ...

Michael Burry bought his first credit default swaps on subprime mortgage bonds for his Scion Asset Management hedge fund in 2005. He continued to buy those contracts, which offere ...

Michael Burry, the investor who famously profited from betting against the U.S. housing market collapse ahead of the 2008 ...

Michael Burry just swapped unlimited-horizon short positions for expiring put contracts on Micron, accepting a hard deadline ...

With market back in bullish mode, it’s a good time to check in on Barchart’s Naked Put Screener. First, let’s find some stocks with above average implied volatility. Implied volatility rank, or IV ...

You’ve been looking to start another income stream and have your eye on a particular security. One problem: You don’t have the cash to buy it. So you’re considering diving into a short put options ...

Options can be used to generate extra income like in this cash secured put example, but can also be used to protect a stock holding from a large drop in price. A put option is a financial contract ...

The saying “There’s no time like the present” couldn’t be any truer, especially in the current economy. John Archbold, client portfolio manager at Aptus Capital Advisors, an RIA based in Alabama with ...

What Is a Put Option? 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 ...