Traders have significantly more variables to account for when trading options over stocks. As an equity investor, only the fluctuation of the underlying affects the profit and loss of a position.

So your trading account has gotten options approval and you recently made that first trade—say, a long call in XYZ with a strike price of $105. Then the option expires, and at the time, XYZ is trading ...

There are a few different ways your stock options can meet their logical end. In many options strategies, it might make sense for you to buy to close or sell to close your option contract(s). However, ...