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2025

01-24 What Are Stock Options? A Beginner's Guide to Calls and Puts
01-19 Options and Dividends: How Ex-Dividend Dates Affect Pricing

2024

12-17 The Cash-Secured Put: Getting Paid to Wait to Buy a Stock
12-06 The VIX: How the Market Measures Fear and Volatility
12-03 Implied Volatility Rank and Percentile: Practical Filters for Trades
11-21 The Covered Call: Generating Income from Stocks You Own
11-19 Bear Put Spreads: Defined-Risk Downside Exposure
11-18 Synthetic Positions: Replicating Stock with Options
10-05 Strangles: A Cheaper Way to Trade Expected Volatility
10-03 Liquidity in Options: Bid-Ask Spreads, Volume, and Execution