When traders first start using options, they often employ them either as a way to take a directional view on an asset (buying a call if they expect it to rise or a put if they expect it to fall) or as ...

Options give you the ability to overlay a short-term investing strategy on top of a stock. If the stock does what you expect it to do, you could turbocharge your gains or even generate what feels like ...

Tesla, Inc.'s stock price is disconnected from its fundamental value. The high daily volume of options trading could be driving the stock price higher. I explain here how this works and why it makes ...

Options trading volumes are booming again in 2025, as the industry heads toward what would be a sixth straight year of record activity. One subset of the market has been particularly active of late: ...

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If the past is prelude, in 2025 many individual investors will trade options heavily. In doing so, some will win big and others will lose big, with the average options trader likely losing some money.