Spread trading is a common tactic when dealing with options, and there are many spread strategies designed to pursue profit while mitigating risk. At the nexus of these strategies is the box spread. A ...

The Alpha Architect 1-3 Month Box ETF allows retail investors to earn Treasury Bill-like returns from the options market by buying 'box spreads'. The BOXX ETF is a short-term cash management tool that ...

An options strategy called a "box spread" is gaining steam by the billions as an alternative to Treasury bills and traditional loans. The tactic gets its name from the four-sided structure of options ...

Please Note: Blog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors. Many option strategies are designed to create profit potential and also reduce risk. If you are willing to accept ...

Exchange-traded funds have been praised for their improved tax efficiency over mutual funds, but the ETF tax advantage only applied to stock funds. Until now. Alpha Architect 1-3 Month Box ETF BOXX ...

CHICAGO, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Unusual volume in options on the Standard & Poor's 500 index <.SPX> with strike prices more than 50 percent below the index's current level has tongues wagging in the ...

We have spent a lot of time talking about ticks, spreads and trading costs in the equities markets. Today, we take a look at options trading. As we know, options markets are very different to stocks – ...