From a sentiment perspective, a massive amount of put open interest at a particular price point is indicative of climactic ...

James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. Somer G. Anderson is CPA, doctor of accounting, and an accounting and finance professor who has been working in ...

In last week’s commentary, I cautioned that stocks stiff faced delta-hedging risk, whereby sellers of portfolio insurance, or put options on the index and exchange-traded fund (ETF) options, are ...

Learn the basics of options trading, what calls and puts are, how options work, and strategies to hedge or speculate with ...

The left side represents the theoretical framework; the top middle contains a labeled box with a circumscribed circle displaying the call and put option prices (c, p), as well as the delta and vega ...

Chris Capre, head professor of Benzinga Options school, discussed how option dealers and market makers hedge on a daily basis at the Fintwit Conference presented by Benzinga and Lupton Capital.

The economic fears gripping Wall Street have sparked outsize swings in oil prices, exacerbated by trading that investors and analysts say has little to do with the fundamental value of crude. One ...