A call option is a contract that guarantees its owner the right to buy a certain number of shares of a stock at a particular strike price on or before a specific expiration date. A call option is ...

When a speculator buys to open a call option (known as a "long call"), it's a bet the stock will rise above that strike price prior to expiration. Conversely, when a trader sells to open a call ...

Here, we take a closer look at covered calls, including the pros, cons and potential applications of the lower-risk options strategy. A covered call strategy is rooted in the idea of optimizing ...

When you sell a call option that's deeper out of the money than the option you're buying, you'll always enter the trade at a net debit -- so this strategy is broadly described as a "debit spread." ...

our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the DOW options chain for the new May 2nd contracts and identified the following call contract of particular interest. The call contract at the $37.00 ...

Purchasing a call option is bullish strategy. Each standard equity call option purchased gives you the right, not the obligation, to buy 100 shares of the underlying asset at a set strike price on or ...