A strangle is a popular options strategy that involves holding both a call and a put on the same underlying asset. It yields a profit if the asset’s price moves dramatically either up or down.

Explore 10 essential options strategies every investor should know, from basic calls and puts to advanced spreads, risks, rewards, and real-world use cases explained.

After we enter a short strangle, we go into position management mode. When movements in share value remain moderate we don't have a directional exposure to the underlying. We just capture time value ...

When traders first start using options, they often employ them either as a way to take a directional view on an asset (buying a call if they expect it to rise or a put if they expect it to fall) or as ...