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The cryptocurrency market could experience a major upheaval as investors brace for the expiry of over $12 billion worth of Bitcoin options on Friday. What happened: According to leading cryptocurrency derivatives exchange Deribit, Bitcoin options contracts, with about $12.14 billion in notional...

A turning point in the evolution of options trading was in the year 1973, when professors Fischer Black and Myron Scholes write a paper titled, "Pricing of Options and Corporate Liabilities." This was viewed as a significant effort at articulating pricing of options and corporate bonds based on the...

Among the “Greeks” the most valuable for options trading (and specifically for timing of trades) is the delta. This indicator compares likely change in option value relative to change in the value of the underlying. The higher the delta level, the more likely the premium will move pre than...

We have received a few inquiries today and yesterday like this: “I was wondering if you might share your thinking with regard to adding a put spread to balance the call spread on our SPY position expiring April 16 [creating an Iron Condor]. Currently we're looking at a profit on the call spread,...

There are six factors that together dictate the price at which all options trade at, these include: 1. Strike Price: aka the “Strike,” is the price at which the owner of an option is allowed exercise their right. In the case of a call option, they are allowed to purchase the security at the strike...