About a month ago, I wrote about the extremely low historical volatility reading for the S&P 500 Index (SPX). Low volatility on the index does not necessarily mean a lack of opportunities for option ...

The S&P 500 index SPX looks to be searching for some direction, but the SPX chart is still in a bullish uptrend. There are several support levels for the benchmark index: 6,340 (last week's low); ...

Equity markets have been focused on inflation for some time and the result has been extra volatility for US stocks on CPI days over the past twelve months. The table below is a summary of price ...

Even savvy institutional investors are wary of “buying the dip.” ...

The S&P 500 typically gains over the next few trading days The January seasonal trade is usually one of the year's best seasonal trades (right behind the October seasonal). The trade is to buy the S&P ...

Next Friday will be the third in December, meaning it will bring expiration week for equity options. Monthly expirations have become less significant due to weekly expiration dates for almost half of ...

Buying a straddle profits from significant price swings regardless of direction. Selling a straddle profits when the stock price remains stable near strike price. Straddle buying is risky before ...

Discussion from TradeKing Options Analyst Brian Overby: VIX QuickTakesPro's Chart of the Day is Intel - (INTC) Support / resistance Brian Overby’s potential strategy based on Michael’s chart – INTC – ...

Microsoft reported earnings after the market close on July 30, and on July 31 the stock has exploded to the upside. Leading into the earnings, the option market had priced the near-term straddle at a ...

We recently published a performance review of at-the-money (ATM) NDX straddles with between one and five days left to expiration. One finding was that consistent sellers of 3-Day, 4-Day, and 5-Day NDX ...