Explore 10 essential options strategies every investor should know, from basic calls and puts to advanced spreads, risks, rewards, and real-world use cases explained.

In finance, the term "collar" usually refers to a risk management strategy called a protective collar involving options contracts, and not a part of your shirt. But, using a protective collar could ...

Bitcoin has surged in recent months, but it's been prone to 80%-plus drawdowns historically. Jack Ablin says a collar option strategy provides bitcoin exposure with limited volatility. Ablin ...

To manage the latest bout of market volatility, consider adding an option collar strategy to help limit a portfolio's downside. For the truly option-phobic adviser, don't worry — collar strategies are ...

I'm cautiously bullish on gold, but concerned about a potential retracement, especially given the historically elevated gold:silver ratio. To manage risk, I'm using a collar options strategy on GLD, ...

How an options collar can help nervous traders sleep at night More specifically, a collar combines purchasing a protective put and a selling a covered call on a stock the trader already owns. Selling ...

NEOS Nasdaq-100® Hedged Equity Income ETF’s 9% yield using calls for income and a put-spread on the NASDAQ-100. See here for ...

The protective (or "married") put is a good, solid, utilitarian choice for most of your hedging needs. Whenever you'd like to limit the downside risk on a stock holding -- or even lock in some paper ...

On CNBC this week, Bill Gross – managing director at Pimco – said the new normal for investing means saying goodbye to double-digit returns. His basis for thinking this is the new, expanding ...