Thursday wasn’t a good day for regional banks Zions Bancorp (ZION)and Western Alliance Bancorp (WAL), as both admitted to being victims of suspected fraud related to loans to troubled property funds.

Earnings season is here, ladies and gentlemen, and with it comes heightened volatility for many stocks as investors anticipate, and react to, quarterly reports. What can savvy traders do to capitalize ...

A strangle is not as violent as it sounds, nor as deadly. It simply is a variation on the straddle, and it presents some interesting possibilities in terms of profit potential and risk. When two ...

The risk with options straddles and options strangles is limited Options straddles and options strangles are two advanced options strategies that can be used to capitalize on changes in implied ...

Yesterday's options trading was interesting for several reasons. However, it didn’t seem to carry over to the unusual options activity. For example, the options volume of 65.09 million was 24% higher ...