Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial consultant. She has a demonstrated history of working in both institutional and retail environments, from broker-dealers to ...

The term ‘spread’ can have several different interpretations depending on where it is used in the financial space. A spread is often used to refer to the difference in bid and ask prices on an ...

Cory Mitchell, CMT is the founder of TradeThatSwing.com. He has been a professional day and swing trader since 2005. Cory is an expert on stock, forex and futures price action trading strategies.

Options on the Nasdaq-100 index allow investors and traders to construct nearly any profit profile they desire by entering an option position which will make money if the Nasdaq-100 goes up, down, or ...

First, the Expected Move. The Expected Move is the amount that options traders believe a stock price will move up or down. It can serve as a quick way to see where real-money option traders are ...

A debit spread is an options strategy that involves the purchase and sale of the same class of options with the same expiration date but different strike prices. Right now, this may sound confusing, ...

Initially, the Simplify Enhanced Income ETF seemed promising, offering a 9% yield by leveraging short-term U.S. treasuries and option spreads. The fund's options spread strategy, however, is too ...

CSHI invests in T-bills and S&P 500 put option spreads to generate income. CSHI yields 6.2% and has low volatility and drawdowns. The fund may experience small losses during severe bear markets, but ...

When you buy a long put option on a stock, it's because you expect the shares to decline. In a long put spread, however, you probably have a more concrete downside target in mind. Rather than betting ...

One of the challenges of trading options is the lack of a comparison tool. Unlike stocks, options don’t have an index to compare them to. Sure, you can compare an option’s implied volatility against ...

Vertical Debit Spreads are the spreads that has both options of the same type and expiry date. Also, the debit element of spreads indicate we have to pay premium to get into the trade. Higher Strike ...