Considering index options? Russell Rhoad, instructor with The Options Institute at the Chicago Board Options Exchange, reviews the S&P 100 Index. an instructor with The Options Institute at the ...

weren't enough, the market has one more event planned that could make its behavior even nuttier. That event is triple witching -- or triple expiration, if you prefer -- the quarterly simultaneous ...

The OEX 100 is consolidating at the upper end of the all-time highs. Prices have been moving sideways over the past few trading session, and the daily ranges have also been very tight. A large option ...

Using the VXO as a VIX proxy, there are some similarities between 1987 and 2015 Think of VXO as "Original VIX." As I mentioned, it proxies volatility on OEX options, because back in the '80s and early ...

Most of the sentiment and position metrics that we monitor, and highlight on the pages, are viewed as contrary indicators. That is, once they reach an extreme, investors or traders would be wise to ...

The world of index options trading may never be the same. The ability to trade index options is becoming much easier at a time when options exchanges are facing unprecedented change. This has led to a ...

This week’s AAII sentiment survey moved the bulls and bears in different directions, albeit both by the same 2 percentage points. The bulls move up slightly to 24% and the bears fell slightly to 55%.