The Barchart platform is rich with tools and information for investors wanting to gain an edge in the market. And that’s regardless if your focus is exclusive to stocks, options or both. One excellent ...

Option Samurai, a leading fintech platform for options traders, has launched its most powerful feature to date: the Custom Options Screener. This powerful tool lets investors build any strategy ...

With markets in crisis, it’s a good time to check in on our bear put spread screener. A bear put spread is a vertical spread that aims to profit from a stock declining in price. It has a bearish ...

Selling cash-secured puts is simple in theory: you get paid to wait for a stock you want to own at a discount. But in a volatile 2026 market, the difference between collecting consistent income and ...

The Wheel strategy is one of the most widely used option income strategies, but it is often misunderstood or applied too loosely. An advanced options screener such as Option Samurai adds more ...

Market volatility is on the rise and that means option premiums are higher than normal. High volatility means high option premiums for many stocks. Implied volatility rank, or IV Rank for short, is a ...

Calendar spreads are an option trade that involves selling a short-term option and buying a longer-term option with the same strike. Traders can use calls or puts and they can be set up to be neutral, ...