Lucas Downey is the co-founder of MoneyFlows, and an Investopedia Academy instructor. Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial consultant. She has a demonstrated ...

Learn the basics of options trading, what calls and puts are, how options work, and strategies to hedge or speculate with practical examples for beginners.

Picking the right options trading strategy for you will depend on what direction you think a stock’s price will go and your ...

Options trading is the buying and selling of options contracts in the market, usually on a public exchange. Options are often the next level of security that new investors learn about following their ...

With earnings ramping up, we thought we would revisit our discussion about options and how investors might use them during this quarterly reporting season. If you haven't read our prior work on the ...