It's the end of another workweek. Boy, this week was long, given all the market craziness. As I write this, the S&P 500 ...

A long straddle is an options strategy that involves buying at-the-money puts and calls for the same security with the same expiration date in hopes of profiting off of expected price volatility ...

Specifically, the price of the at-the-money straddle (call price + put price) is the market's estimate of the size of the move that is going to take place after the earnings announcement.

A short straddle is a two-legged spread that offers an initial upfront credit, but carries the risk of potentially heavy (in fact, technically unlimited) losses. The strategy is intended to profit ...

Despite pricing in higher risk, the 1-Day at-the-money (ATM) NDX straddle has underpriced ten of the last twelve reports. The graphic below shows the 1-Day ATM straddle pricing on the close the ...

The long straddle is ideal when you're not sure whether a stock is going to move higher or lower -- but you expect dramatic price action nonetheless. Maybe there's an earnings report or product ...

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Except for the 16.4% move a year ago, the Nvidia pre-earnings straddle has been overpriced (that is, priced higher than the ensuing move) in five of the past six quarters. Perhaps it’s worth ...