Earnings season is winding down, but we still have a couple of big name companies reporting. This week we have Broadcom, ...

The important caveat is that low volatility doesn’t mean recession risk is actually zero—it means markets aren’t currently ...

Investors in Merit Medical Systems, Inc. MMSI need to pay close attention to the stock based on moves in the options market ...

As new traders flood the market, a return to the basics may help novices understand the fundamentals of options trading. Volatility, for example, refers to the propensity of a security's price to move ...

Investors in KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. KREF need to pay close attention to the stock based on moves in the options market lately. That is because the July 17, 2026 $15.00 Call had some of the ...

Investors in Ladder Capital Corp LADR need to pay close attention to the stock based on moves in the options market lately. That is because the Aug 21, 2026 $02.50 Call had some of the highest implied ...

Historical volatility gauges the risk of securities through price dispersion. Understand its calculation and practical ...

As an options trader, I am always on the lookout for potential earnings plays. One stock that caught my attention is CrowdStrike, due to a significant difference in implied volatility of options for ...

One of the major factors that influences the price of an option is implied volatility (IV). In simplest terms, implied volatility is the anticipated movement of an underlying equity over a certain ...

When the stock market becomes a roller coaster, the gains and losses both get larger. Traders have the potential to make profits during volatility, but getting it wrong can result in losses. Some ...

Today we are taking a closer look at volatility -- specifically, what it means when there is an abundance or lack of volatility, as well as the two primary types of volatility each options trader must ...