A stock option is a financial contract that gives the owner the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell a stock at a ...

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Traders piled into the options market on Friday, in another sign of just how wild the session was. The total options volume ...

Image source: The Motley Fool A call option is the right to buy a stock at a specific price by an expiration date, and a put option is the right to sell a stock at a specific price by an ...

Typically, one stock option contract represents 100 shares of the underlying stock, meaning that a $1 move in the stock price ...

The total options volume on Friday was 101 million contracts, about 77% above recent average levels, according to Cboe Global Markets. Options tied to tech stocks were especially popular. The most ac ...