Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). Yarilet Perez is an experienced multimedia journalist and fact-checker with a ...

Today let's talk about one of the 'Greeks' in options trading that doesn't get enough coverage -- and that's Theta. Theta measures how much value an option will lose each day due to the passage of ...

Intrinsic value is the current worth of an option if exercised now; time value decreases as expiration nears. Theta measures the daily decrease in an option's time value as it approaches its ...

The option Greeks (Delta, Gamma, Theta, Vega and Rho) are option trading indicators to predict price changes and manage risk in their trading strategy. Each Greek measures a different aspect of an ...

James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial consultant. She has a demonstrated ...

As discussed in the first article, “The Hidden Potential of Learning How to Trade SPX and Gold Options” I pointed out that there are several fundamental principles that must be mastered before profits ...

Most performance issues have little to do with precision and far more to do with how options behave as time passes and volatility environments change.