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.

A synthetic short strategy allows investors to simulate risk/reward Savvy traders know that selling a stock short isn't without its downsides. Namely, you have to borrow shares from a broker. However, ...

Get The FREE Spreadsheet! What happens if you sell put options on the NASDAQ 100 ETF (QQQ) instead of just buying and holding? In this video, we backtest a systematic put-selling strategy over the ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Option Sellers School (OSS), founded by seasoned options ...

Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). Michael is a former senior editor of investing and trading products for ...

TSLY's options strategy caps upside potential while exposing downside risk, leading to consistent underperformance compared to Tesla during rallies and only slight outperformance during sell-offs.

Consistent market volatility has become the new normal for traders. Everything from geopolitical conflicts to erratic policy decisions to unprecedented news cycles has markets swinging in ways that ...

While index funds provide broad market exposure to credit and interest rate risk, they do not take advantage of a persistent market inefficiency called the Volatility Risk Premium, which occurs due to ...

Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Option Sellers School (OSS), founded by seasoned options trader and educator Peter Pru, has just launched and it’s quickly gaining traction ...