James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial consultant. She has a demonstrated ...

Basically, a “successor position” is a new straddle position that is acquired within 30 days before, or 30 days after, the original position was disposed of at a loss and that replaces that original ...

How to profit from a big move in either direction With earnings season right around the corner, options players might want to look into employing a long straddle strategy. A long straddle is typically ...

If a tax straddle is made up solely of regulated futures contracts, foreign currency contracts, and nonequity option contracts (i.e., “IRC Section 1256 contracts”), each contract is generally taxed ...

A short straddle is an advanced options strategy used when a trader is seeking to profit from an underlying stock trading in a narrow range. Since it involves having to sell both a call and a put, the ...

Volatility remains compressed as this bull market rolls on, with the VIX Index closing at 12.55 yesterday. When volatility is low, options become cheaper, so today we’re taking a look at the Long ...

Maritime terminals need more efficiency in their handling operations due to the phenomenal evolution of world container traffic, and to the increase of the container ship capacity. In this work, we ...