The iron condor is a four-legged options strategy intended to capitalize on a period of muted, low-volatility price action in the underlying security. This play is essentially the combination of a ...

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Anyone can make money in a bull market, and most people lose money in bear markets. But when markets are flat, it can be tough for investors to know what to do. Thanks to an options strategy known as ...

What is an iron condor? An iron condor is a neutral options strategy with defined risk that combines a short put vertical spread and a short call vertical spread with the same expiration in a single ...

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Iron condors provide advanced traders with consistency of small returns Trading options can be a complicated process. Information overload among the uninitiated is prevalent, as a lot of options ...

Iron condors allow traders to potentially profit from sideways movement in the stock market. Each iron condor is a four-legged options trading strategy that limits your losses while presenting some ...

Traders make most investments with the expectation that the price will go up. They make some with the hope that the price will move down. Unfortunately, it is often the case that the price doesn't do ...

Trading options can be a complicated process. Information overload among the uninitiated is prevalent, as a lot of options strategies are available and traders need to evaluate all of the possible ...

Iron condors are a popular strategy in options trading. This guide will explain how they work and why traders may choose to use them. I’d like to receive information from IG Group companies about ...

Options strategies can let you profit even when stocks are flat. Anyone can make money in a bull market, and most people lose money in bear markets. But when markets are flat, it can be tough for ...