We are halfway through the third full year with daily expirations for NDX index options. As the market is relatively new, the results for buying or selling 1-day at-the-money (ATM) straddles continue ...

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 ...

An “identified straddle” is a straddle in which (1) all the original positions are acquired on the same day; (2) all positions are clearly identified in the investor’s records as being part of an ...

In 2023, we saw a surge in options volume, setting yet another record. As Cboe Global Markets, total volume across Cboe's four options exchanges was 3.7 billion contracts in 2023, the fourth ...

Plus, a list of another 19 stocks made good straddle plays in 2025 Options trading continued to grow in 2025, setting another record for trading volume. While lists of the year's best and worst stock ...