Covered calls vs naked calls explained in simple terms. Learn the risks, rewards, and key differences before selling call options.

Option pricing is calculated using the Black-Scholes model, which takes four influential factors into account: the price of an underlying stock (assuming constant drift and volatility), an option’s ...

Today, a large volume of out-of-the-money (OTM) call options in Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) highlights the underlying value of TSLA stock. We recently wrote in a Barchart article that TSLA could be worth over ...

Unusual market activity is often the first sign that big changes are coming to a stock. Professional traders and large institutions frequently use the options market to place high-conviction bets ...

Alibaba stock surged 29% since my last article, partially due to the release of Qwen2.5-Max, an AI model outperforming GPT-4o and DeepSeek in key metrics. My previous Buy rating was partially based on ...

Investors in Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. (Symbol: CTSH) saw new options become available this week, for the February 2026 expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has ...

What is a call option, anyway? A call option gives the buyer the right but not the obligation to purchase an asset (in this case, Bitcoin) at a predetermined price before a specific date. If the ...