
Understanding Buy to Open vs Buy to Close: A Guide to Trading Strategies
Buy to Open and Buy to Close are two important strategies in options trading with distinct functions.
Buy to Open and Buy to Close are two important strategies in options trading with distinct functions.
Option volume and open interest are key metrics used to measure liquidity, activity, and depth of options.
Options chains serve as a vital tool for traders and investors, providing them with the necessary information to analyze and make informed decisions in the options market.
A call sweep in options trading is when a trader will instruct their broker to fill its order at the best price possible, “sweeping” all liquidity on the market.
Theta, or better known as time decay, is an option greek that measures the rate of decline of an options price due to the passage of time.
Zero days to expiration or 0DTE options are contracts with less than one day to expiration or in other words, same-day expiration.
Buying and selling put options provides the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to sell a stock at the specified strike price.
A call option provides the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy a stock at the specified strike price by the expiration date.
Stocks and options are two common ways to participate in the stock market. They have different risk profiles and different potential outcomes.
Options are used for many different purposes and can be applied to stocks, futures, currencies and more. Options trading is one of the most complicated forms of investing there is.
There are several concepts that are very important to understand when trading options. These include bid-ask spreads, the greeks, and Implied Volatility (IV). This article
Unusual Options Activity involves option contracts being traded at a much higher volume than their daily average. Large volume on option contracts can indicate that someone is making a bet based on transparent or non-transparent catalysts.
The bid price for an option is the highest price a buyer is willing to pay for that option while the ask price is the lowest price a seller is willing to sell their option.
To further understand the difference between short term and long term options, it’s useful to first understand that an option contract is made up of intrinsic and extrinsic value.
A very popular strategy used by value investors is purchasing leap option contracts. Generally, options are a powerful tool for both building capital and hedging existing plays.
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