Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have enabled investors to quickly and easily capitalize on opportunities around the world. Stock options can help enhance these strategies by effectively controlling ...

A collar options strategy protects stock holdings from significant losses while limiting potential gains. Investors create a collar by owning shares of a stock. They then purchase a put option below ...

Risk management is paramount in today's market, so I use option collars for long-term stock positions to limit downside while seeking solid returns. Disney (DIS) serves as a real-world example: ...

A collar option, also known as a protective collar, is an options strategy designed to limit your short-term downside risk. The trade involves a long position in the underlying stock, as well as the ...

Bitcoin has surged in recent months, but it's been prone to 80%-plus drawdowns historically. Jack Ablin says a collar option strategy provides bitcoin exposure with limited volatility. Ablin ...

A large institutional options fund may have contributed to some of the recent volatility in the S&P 500.

The following, like all our strategy discussions, is strictly for educational purposes only. It is not, and should not be considered, individualized advice or a recommendation. Options trading ...

Coronavirus is likely the ultimate “gray swan” meaning a risk that investors didn’t see coming but which shouldn’t be a surprise since the SARS scare in 2003. There are several technology companies in ...

Back on April 6 of this year, I did something I don’t often do. I placed a strong buy rating on a stock. For the many commenters in my recent articles that consider it an affront to investor-kind that ...