Explore 10 essential options strategies every investor should know, from basic calls and puts to advanced spreads, risks, rewards, and real-world use cases explained.

An options strategy called a "box spread" is gaining steam by the billions as an alternative to Treasury bills and traditional loans. The tactic gets its name from the four-sided structure of options ...

A bull put spread is an options strategy where you sell a put option at a higher price and buy one at a lower price for the same asset and expiration date. This helps generate income and limits losses ...

The Alpha Architect 1-3 Month Box ETF (CBOE:BOXX) has accumulated $9.4 billion in assets since its December 2022 launch, ...

BOXX ETF offers a unique value proposition by using box spreads for low-risk returns and tax efficiency, similar to short-term treasury ETFs. Despite its tax-deferred design, BOXX paid a distribution, ...

Have you found strategies that make use of the decay of an option's theta that are attractive but you can't stand the associated risk? At the same time, conservative strategies such as covered-call ...

When traders first start using options, they often employ them either as a way to take a directional view on an asset (buying a call if they expect it to rise or a put if they expect it to fall) or as ...

In late 2021, as the housing market overheated and the Federal Reserve’s benchmark interest rate hovered near zero, Tony Yang found an unconventional way to fund his down payment. He logged into his ...

BOXX uses box spreads with European-style SPX options to synthetically replicate T-bill returns. Click here to find out why BOXX is a Buy.

CHICAGO, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Unusual volume in options on the Standard & Poor's 500 index <.SPX> with strike prices more than 50 percent below the index's current level has tongues wagging in the ...