Trading Weekly Options

Short-dated options have taken off in popularity since being introduced on stocks and exchange-traded funds in the summer of 2010. By some accounts, up to 20 percent of daily trading volume may be attributed to these options. Shortterm stock traders who shied away from options have come to embrace the shorter-dated contracts. Also, historically, there have been certain trading strategies that would only be implemented the week of expiration. Now every week is expiration week for options on almost 200 markets!