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How to find opportunistic options trades amid risks

Listen and subscribe to Stocks In Translation on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you find your favorite podcast. In this clip from Stocks in Translation, tastytrade Founder and tastylive CEO Tom Sosnoff, joins Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre and Producer Sydnee Fried to discuss opportunistic options trades while managing risk in our “Trade This Way” segment, presented in partnership with tastytrade. Blikre and Sosnoff analyze two real-world examples, breaking down the risks and rewards of an options trade on Tesla (TSLA) or NVIDIA (NVDA). “These are the two most actively traded equities with respect to options,” Sosnoff explains. “Tesla trades three to five million contracts a day. NVIDIA has been trading five to seven million contracts a day.” Both companies’ stocks are down right now, which poses a level of risk when trading.Sosnoff’s advice when navigating trading companies like this: start small. “It is very difficult to manage something that you can’t control,” Sosnoff says. “If you sell a put, for example, in Tesla or you sell a put in NVIDIA, that’s the decision you can control. You do that based on subject price extreme, you do that based on implied volatility, you do that based on lots of reasons. However, if that stock starts to go against you, now you get concerned. The only thing that everybody can protect themselves on, is by staying small to start with because that is your best risk mitigation. Just stay small.” To hear more of Sosnoff’s thoughts, watch the full interview here. Twice a week, Stocks In Translation cuts through the market mayhem, noisy numbers and hyperbole to give you the information you need to make the right trade for your portfolio. You can find more episodes here, or watch on your favorite streaming service. Listen and subscribe to Stocks In Translation on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you find your favorite podcast This article was written by Lauren Pokedoff

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The basics of a call option contract

Listen and subscribe to Stocks In Translation on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you find your favorite podcast. In this clip for Stocks in Translation, sponsored by tastytrade, Sean McLaughlin, Allstar Charts’ chief options strategist, joins Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre to break down the basics of options trading. Blikre and McLaughlin explain the fundamentals of a call option contract, which is a “financial contract that grants the buyer the right but not the obligation to buy a stock at a predetermined price within a specified timeframe.” McLaughlin highlights the key difference between a call buyer and a stock buyer. “The advantage a call buyer has over a stock buyer is that a call buyer's risk is limited to the premium he paid for that call,” McLaughlin continues. “The risk is defined to the premium they pay. So this stock can go to zero overnight, but all they're [going to] lose is the premium they paid for that call.” The video also shares McLaughlin’s common strategies and tips for managing volatility in the options market. Twice a week, Stocks In Translation cuts through the market mayhem, noisy numbers and hyperbole to give you the information you need to make the right trade for your portfolio. You can find more episodes here, or watch on your favorite streaming service. This article was written by John Tejada.

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Understanding the basics of options trading

Listen and subscribe to Stocks In Translation on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you find your favorite podcast. In this clip for Stocks in Translation, sponsored by tastytrade, Jessica Inskip, Director of Investor Research at Stockbrokers.com, joins Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre to explain the basics of options. Simply put, an option is a contract between a buyer and a seller. “The buyer is paying a premium for the rights to execute upon that contract. The seller receives that premium,’ explains Inskip. Blikre and Inskip break down the key components of an option into four parts: quantity—one contract typically represents 100 shares; product—the security being traded; strike price—the agreed-upon price; and timeframe—the expiration date. When considering calls and puts, it’s important to remember, “Anytime you hear the word long, just like with stock, we think purchased. Short, we think sold. Call, the right to buy. Put, the right to sell,” says Inskip. Twice a week, Stocks In Translation cuts through the market mayhem, noisy numbers and hyperbole to give you the information you need to make the right trade for your portfolio. You can find more episodes here, or watch on your favorite streaming service. This article was written by John Tejada.

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The risks and rewards of options trading

Listen and subscribe to Stocks In Translation on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you find your favorite podcast. In this clip from Stocks in Translation, Scott Bauer, CEO of Prosper Trading Academy, joins Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre to discuss the risks and benefits of trading options in our “Trade This Way” segment, presented in partnership with tastytrade. “Every option comes with intrinsic value and extrinsic value,” says Bauer. Simply put, an option has real value along with an additional premium—known as time decay—factored into its price. “Investors need to be aware that options are a wasting asset. That doesn't mean that's a bad thing, but they are a wasting asset and lose value over time.” However, it’s not all negative. As Bauer explains, options offer “incredible” upside. An investor “could take a position in a particular stock, an index, or the overall market at a fraction of the cost of actually buying or selling that stock outright.” Blikre and Bauer then analyze a real-world example, breaking down the risks and rewards of an options trade on Nvidia (NVDA) at $140. Twice a week, Stocks In Translation cuts through the market mayhem, noisy numbers and hyperbole to give you the information you need to make the right trade for your portfolio. You can find more episodes here, or watch on your favorite streaming service. This post was written by John Tejada.

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Nvidia, Archer Aviation, FuboTV: Market Minute

Here are some of the biggest stock movers of the day. Nvidia (NVDA) shares are whipsawing on Friday. It follows an 8% decline on Thursday, which was a reaction to its fourth quarter earnings results. Archer Aviation (ACHR) shares are on the rise following a better-than-expected Q4 report. Shares of FuboTV (FUBO) are tumbling after issuing a disappointing outlook. Stay up to date on the latest market action, minute-by-minute, with Yahoo Finance's Market Minute. This post was written by Stephanie Mikulich.

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Intel delaying $28B chip factory in New Albany, Ohio to 2030

Intel (INTC) is reportedly delaying plans for its $28 billion chip factory in New Albany, Ohio, according to local outlet The Columbia Dispatch, which is now scheduled to be completed in 2030 and begin operations as late as 2031. Brad Smith and Julie Hyman expand upon these headlines, referencing Intel's own search for a new CEO since Pat Gelsinger's sudden departure in late 2024 and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSM) own interest in acquiring a segment of Intel. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Wealth here. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.

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'Too tight' monetary policy contributing to economic slowdown woes

Concerns about a potential recession are rising on Wall Street as economic data falls short of expectations, pointing toward an economic slowdown. Out Friday morning, the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) index — the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge — for the month of January saw core PCE, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, increase 0.3% month-over-month while rising 2.6% higher annually. Neil Dutta, head of economic research at Renaissance Macro Research, joins Catalysts to discuss these issues, clarifying his perspective on the drivers behind the slowdown. "I think it's primarily a function of monetary policy being too tight. I don't think people are pulling back signing contracts on new and existing homes because they're worried about tariffs," Dutta tells Madison Mills. Dutta also notes slowing labor market trends, contributing to weaker income growth. Despite these concerns, Dutta doesn't foresee an immediate recession: "I think recession risks are rising, but I think once the Fed [Federal Reserve] gets on the right side of the eight ball, you know, those recession risks will decline." To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Catalysts here. This post was written by Josh Lynch

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Duolingo CEO defends AI strategy as shares fall post-earnings

Shares of Duolingo (DUOL) are plunging after the company released a mixed earnings report. Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn joins Morning Brief to discuss the company's growth outlook amid this market reaction. "We're growing in every region," von Ahn tells Yahoo Finance, adding, "One thing that is really interesting is that even regions that are pretty mature for us are still growing fast." Addressing the company's substantial investments in artificial intelligence (AI), von Ahn explains, "We're in a unique point in time with artificial intelligence." He outlines Duolingo's plans to continue investing in the technology through the first half of 2025, emphasizing that these investments focus on creating content and conversational practice capabilities for their platform, which he expects will ultimately help reduce operational costs for the business. Von Ahn believes the AI strategy is "the right thing to do at the moment." To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Morning Brief here. This post was written by Angel Smith

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Markets to close February with losses: What to expect for March

As the market averages (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) brace for a full month of losses in February's final trading session, will February showers bring March flowers for stocks? Yahoo Finance markets and data editor Jared Blikre — the host of the Stocks In Translation podcast — comes on Catalysts to map out the S&P 500's seasonality trends for February and March 2025. Twice a week, Stocks In Translation cuts through the market mayhem, noisy numbers and hyperbole to give you the information you need to make the right trade for your portfolio. You can find more episodes here, or watch on your favorite streaming service. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Catalysts here. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.