This blog is the first post in a four-part series. Part I will provide a high-level summary of stock option basics. In recent years, and at least in part due to the ...

If options are part of your compensation package, it’s worth your while to get familiar with how they work generally, as well as how your company handles stock options specifically. Forms of ...

Stock options grant the right to buy or sell a stock at a set price and are profitable if predicted accurately. Employee stock options (ESOs) allow employees to buy company stock, tying compensation ...

Forms of compensation like r estricted stock units and performance shares—whereby executives receive a batch of stock from their companies after meeting a performance target — have some key advantages ...

As new traders flood the market, a return to the basics may help novices understand the fundamentals of options trading.