When selecting the right option to buy, a trader has several choices to make. One is whether to purchase an in-the-money (ITM) or out-of-the-money (OTM) option. While the goal for "vanilla" buyers is ...

Explore SLJY, a silver miner covered call ETF targeting 18% option income and a mean-reversion thesis as miners lag silver.

Tesla Inc. (TSLA) out-of-the-money puts have attractive premiums over the next month. I discussed this in a Barchart article ...

Learn to master options trading by selecting immediate OTM strikes for optimal delta gains and time value management.

An option can be either in the money, out of the money or (very rarely) at the money. These three different statuses for options indicate the relationship of the option’s strike price and the price of ...

DIVO, QDVO, and QQQH offer high-yield income with strategies designed to minimize NAV erosion versus typical option ETFs. DIVO targets blue-chip dividend growers, uses OTM covered calls on 20–30% of ...

Apple Inc (AAPL) stock is up on its massive buyback news - a new $110 billion program announced in its May 2 release of fiscal Q2 earnings ending March 31. This was on top of a 4% dividend hike to ...

ITM options are more conservative, while more aggressive traders may prefer OTM contracts When selecting the right option to buy, a trader has several choices to make. One is whether to purchase an in ...