Options traders can trade calls and puts to potentially benefit from specific movements in stock prices. While you can buy or sell a single call or put to get started, other options trading strategies ...

Explore 10 essential options strategies every investor should know, from basic calls and puts to advanced spreads, risks, rewards, and real-world use cases explained.

Hey everyone – Scott Bauer from Prosper Trading Academy here. In exploring advanced options strategies, it’s crucial to understand how variations can be applied to tailor risk and reward. Today, I’m ...

Butterfly spreads involve buying one option at a lower strike price, selling two options at a middle strike price, and buying one option at a higher strike price. This strategy is typically used to ...

Today, let's consider the post-earnings trade strategy for Broadcom by combining two butterfly options trades. The trade structure in Broadcom stock involves both a long call butterfly and a long put ...

Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). A positive butterfly is a non-parallel yield curve shift that occurs when short- ...

Options trading allows investors to limit their risk and leverage their capital, but it can also expose them to amplified losses. It’s one of the most flexible trading styles because of the many ...