Put options are a type of option that increases in value as a stock falls. A put allows the owner to lock in a predetermined price to sell a specific stock, while put sellers agree to buy the ...

The S&P 500 lost 2.2% in Wednesday trading. The index is now down over 10% in 2025 and within five percentage points of ...

our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the EOSE options chain for the new July 2026 contracts and identified the following put contract of particular interest. The put contract at the $2.50 ...

A put option grants its buyer the right (but not the obligation) to sell shares of an underlying security on or before a specific expiration date at a particular strike price. A put option is an ...

our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the AGNC options chain for the new May 23rd contracts and identified the following put contract of particular interest. The put contract at the $7.50 ...

As the chart below from Vanda Research shows, retail investors had just started to spend more money on put options than call options, just before the S&P 500 embarked on its dramatic bounce.

An option's strike price is the price at which the contract's underlying assets may be sold (in the case of a put option) or purchased (in the case of a call option) by the option contract's owner.