Selling put options before a company's earnings announcement can be a valid strategy for options traders seeking to ...

Alphabet (GOOGL) put in a huge bullish candle on Friday and the options flow suggests some traders are betting on a further upside. Let's break down the unusual options flow and what it might signal ...

Confused by calls and puts? Here’s a beginner-friendly breakdown of options trading — tailored for South African investors and first-time traders.

Buying call and put options: How it works When you buy a call option on a stock, you’re making a bet that the price of the underlying stock will increase by at least a certain amount before the ...

Put option: A put option gives its buyer the right, but not the obligation, to sell a stock at the strike price prior to the expiration date. When you buy a call or put option, you pay a premium ...

Calls are for buying a stock you believe will rise in price, while puts are for selling a stock you think will fall. Learn more about puts vs. calls in our options trading guide!

Call and put options can be purchased — and sold — through most major brokerages. Buying a put option requires the investor only to put up cash or margin capacity equal to the premium required.

Gains and losses on call and put options can be subject to capital gains tax or income tax. It depends on several factors, including how long you've held them in some cases. It's important to have ...

Returns of the Put-Option Hedge Overall, I've lost 3% of my investment in put options. My realized trades have made 14.5%, but that isn't high enough to offset my unrealized losses.

What Are Puts? Put options grant the holder the right to sell the underlying asset at a specified strike price within a set time period. Purchasing a put option is typically a bet on the asset’s price ...

Call options provide the right to buy an asset at a specific price within a set time frame. Put options give the opposite right—to sell an asset at a specific price within a given period.