We recently published a performance review of at-the-money (ATM) NDX straddles with between one and five days left to expiration. One finding was that consistent sellers of 3-Day, 4-Day, and 5-Day NDX ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

When most traders think of making money in the markets, they picture buying low and selling high — or riding a trend. But what’s the best trade to make when a stock does absolutely nothing? That’s ...

It is no secret that short-dated index options have taken the trading world by storm over the past couple of years. Most of the focus is on very short-dated index options that have a day or less to ...

Please Note: Blog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors. The short straddle is dangerous because, well for one thing, both sides are short. Making things even riskier, ...