When selecting the right option to buy, a trader has several choices to make. One is whether to purchase an in-the-money (ITM) or out-of-the-money (OTM) option. While the goal for "vanilla" buyers is ...

What Is a Butterfly Spread? When markets are volatile, experienced investors may seek to profit by adopting a complex option strategy like butterfly spreads. By using these strategies, investors can ...

A common decision point newer options traders get hung up on is "what strike is best?" This is a completely logical question and the goal here is to help those traders understand how to reason through ...

Subscribers to Chart of the Week received this commentary on Sunday, August 27. Last week, COO and fearless leader Katie Schaeffer was chatting with me about our latest product, In-the-Money Countdown ...

ITM options are more conservative, while more aggressive traders may prefer OTM contracts When selecting the right option to buy, a trader has several choices to make. One is whether to purchase an in ...