Should You Trade SPX Mini Options Contracts?
Long gone are the days when only institutional traders used options contracts in their investment portfolios. Today, you’ll find them…
Category Archives: Options Trading
How Stock Splits and Dividends Affect Options Contracts
What happens when you own an option contract and the underlying stock splits or pays a dividend? How does this…
Understanding How Implied Volatility Affects Options Prices
Have you ever bought an option, had the underlying security move the direction you hoped, and still lost money on…
How to Create and Profit From a Synthetic Short Position
A synthetic short is a bearish options trading strategy that is designed to mirror short selling a stock. Just like…