Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial consultant. She has a demonstrated history of working in both institutional and retail environments, from broker-dealers to ...

Options contracts give the right to buy or sell stock at set prices, potentially profitable. There are call (buy) and put (sell) options; employee stock options are typically call options. Options' ...

We’ve talked before about how exchange-traded funds (ETFs) represent an efficient tool for gaining quick access to different types of assets or investment exposures. We’ve also discussed how options ...

While many investors view options trading as a short-term strategy, it can also play an important role in a long-term ...

One common way to help increase investment returns is to use deep in the money call options. These options have strike prices much lower than the current market price of the asset, giving them high ...

Derivatives are instruments that obtain value based on the price of an underlying asset, such as a stock, bond, ETF, or commodity. Stock option contracts are securities that give traders the choice of ...

The investor is "short" the call but is "long" the stock and has received a premium payment for the option. If the option is exercised, the writer of a covered call would be required to sell the stock ...