If you want help getting started with options, here is a creative technique to help you learn the ropes.

You may think you're being prudent by using stop-loss order or buy-stop orders when trading options, but they're not a good idea.

We have elaborated on what the VIX can't do, but how about what it can do? Find out here.

Here are two ways you can hedge your portfolio when the market is falling.

Many are interpreting the recent VIX explosion to mean the market is in serious trouble. Learn more.

Wrong! Just because you are making money now, does not mean you are going to succeed. Learn more.

Many investors consider options to be too speculative, but if you pick the right options, it is not so different from buying stocks.

Owning a short position in a near-term option comes with high positive time decay, but it also carries an extra risk that is not immediately apparent. Find out what it is.

If you plan to sell put options, you need to understand the margin requirements and what broker approval levels are necessary.

Netflix (NFLX) is experiencing the rare combination of rising stock price and rising volatility that we've seen before in momentum stocks that crashed and burned.

There are notions out there that volatility explodes when options expire. It doesn't, per se. What expiration does do though is magnify the trend in progress thanks to gamma.

When selling options, it can be very tempting to hold onto short positions until expiration. Find out what risks this poses.

If you think (or have been told by your broker) that options are dangerous, you've got things all wrong.