There is nothing specifically dangerous about Zero Days to Expiration, or 0DTE, options, even if they have facilitated potentially unhealthy levels of aggressive speculation.

Even small investors can benefit from simple, conservative options strategies designed to enhance market returns. Here’s how.

Readers weigh in on Pfizer’s prospects, the record of activist funds, Linde and hydrogen, an options strategy for ASML Holding, the case for cash, and buying Tesla stock

Interactive Brokers stock should benefit from the overconfidence and simmering volatility in the stock and options markets.

Heavy speculation in very short-term calls might figure strongly in the stock market’s explosive moves. What happens if a recession arrives?

"Straddles" are priced for bigger-than-usual post-earnings moves as implied volatilities remain elevated.

The stock-replacement strategy allows investors to define and manage risk and realize profits without forgoing the potential of future gains.

The goal of a covered call option is to enhance a stock’s return. You can think of the money received for selling calls as a “conditional dividend.”

Goldman Sachs recently advised clients that positioning in index options suggests institutional investors are poised for the market to advance.

In the absence of a clear market trend, investors would be wise to avoid big bets on the broader market. A better alternative is to trade cash-secured put options in stocks such as Moderna.

If stocks continue to struggle—as many fear they will—people will need ways to get paid to be long-term investors and to enhance returns.

The holiday season was a final celebratory hurrah before an economic winter will scare people into curtailing their spending. You can profit from the trend with options.

America loves gambling. But identifying options with gambling n create lots of mistakes. This past year demonstrated again the importance of a disciplined, realistic use of puts and calls.

Expect an erratic, choppy market as Federal Reserve rate hikes impact the economy. Here’s how to play it with options.

Wells Fargo’s broad ownership among hedge funds and mutual funds is an intriguing revelation, suggesting that January’s earnings report could act as a spring-loaded event.