This blog is the first post in a four-part series. Part I will provide a high-level summary of stock option basics. In recent years, and at least in part due to the ...

There's no shortage of legendary tales about workers striking it rich with employee stock options. At Microsoft (MSFT), for example, the tech boom of the 1990s reportedly made approximately 10,000 ...

Stock options grant the right to buy or sell a stock at a set price and are profitable if predicted accurately. Employee stock options (ESOs) allow employees to buy company stock, tying compensation ...

As new traders flood the market, a return to the basics may help novices understand the fundamentals of options trading.

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