Straddles and strangles are slightly more complicated strategies than trading delta – but still among ways to start using the potential of options trading. Like most other options strategies, both ...

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When stocks undergo major price swings - due to earnings rumors, earnings news, or sector/market volatility - it's a trader's dream. And it doesn't matter which way stocks move; just that there is ...

The Nifty VIX (volatility index) is often inversely related to the Nifty 50. When the Nifty falls dramatically, volatility increases. When the Nifty has record positive performance, volatility ...

Three weeks ago, we discussed the Straddle – in which we would buy a call and a put simultaneously with the same strike and the same expiration date. The intention was to capitalize on the recent drop ...

Please Note: Blog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors. A strangle is a variation on the straddle, and it presents some interesting possibilities in terms of profit ...

Please Note: Blog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors. A strangle is a variation on the straddle, and it presents some interesting possibilities in terms of profit ...

Shares of Infosys surged more than 12 percent in the opening bell after the former IT bellwether beat street expectations with its first quarterly earnings. Infy's net profit fell lower-than-expected ...