Investors are seeking S&P 500 downside protection as rate cuts shift focus to growth concerns. Hedging strategies include options contracts, indicating the smart money is bracing for volatility. S&P ...

Vega neutral offers options traders a way to hedge against changes in implied volatility, reducing risk and enhancing trading strategies for a balanced approach.

ETFs that use options have raked in around $5 billion in the last year, a sign that investors are growing more interested in alternative strategies that aim to protect or enhance their portfolios even ...

Eaton Vance Risk-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund employs an options collar strategy, combining covered calls and index puts for a defensive approach. ETJ's historical performance has been mixed ...

Intesa Sanpaolo discloses $100 million in Bitcoin ETF holdings and a large strategy hedge, revealing its growing crypto ...

Comparing Invesco QQQ Income Advantage ETF (QQA) and ProShares Short QQQ ETF (PSQ) reveals QQA's options-based strategy offers better hedging and income potential amid AI-driven volatility. DeepSeek's ...

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 ...

Trading options can be a useful, conservative strategy for experienced investors. For those just starting out, Motley Fool CEO Tom Gardner says options are more like gambling -- and that's not a good ...

Back in the present investors’ confidence in today’s emerging technology— AI —has already begun to wobble, just as companies ...

The bank also holds a large put option position on Strategy, potentially capitalizing on the company trading above the value of its BTC holdings.