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Benzinga's Options & Volatility Edge just had another great quarter, returning 3,653% of realized profits during the third quarter of 2010. Realized Positions: 1. Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD): +1,042% 2. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT): +64.30% 3. Sketchers (NYSE: SKX): +41.67% 4. Best Buy (NYSE: BBY): +...

There are six factors that together dictate the price at which all options trade at, these include: 1. Strike Price: aka the “Strike,” is the price at which the owner of an option is allowed exercise their right. In the case of a call option, they are allowed to purchase the security at the strike...

First off, lets ask the question, “What exactly is an option?” An option is a contract to buy or sell a specific financial security, aka the option's underlying instrument, underlying interest, or simply “underlying”. For equity options, the underlying can be a stock, exchange-traded fund (ETF),...

While it's not earnings season yet, a few large companies have reported earnings recently, and created quite some excitement already. It started with BestBuy (NYSE: BBY) reported better than expected earnings and strong guidance on Sep. 14, and its stock gapped up 7.5% the next day. Next was...

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) will be reporting earnings on 8/12. Given its recent decline, the news is unlikely to be very good. However, with a contrarian thought in this case, our trading group thinks getting long on the stock can make sense here. However, things can go very wrong on NVDA, and...