Course Information
Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
22 Hour(s) 3 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
Options in plain English
Rating
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Course Overview
Learn Options Trading step-by-step: Calls, Puts, Greeks & Income Strategies
Options trading can seem complicated at first. Many beginners struggle to understand how options work, how they are priced, and how traders use them to manage risk or generate profits.
This course explains options trading concepts step by step in clear and simple terms so that beginners can build a solid understanding of the options market.
Instead of complicated formulas or confusing terminology, you will learn how options work through clear explanations, visual payoff diagrams, and practical examples.
By the end of this course you will understand how options really work and how traders analyze option strategies.
What You Will Learn
In this course you will learn:
How call options work
How put options work
The difference between trading stocks and trading options
How options are priced
Intrinsic value and extrinsic value
The role of volatility in options pricing
The most important option Greeks including Delta, Theta, Gamma and Vega
How to read and analyze payoff diagrams
The most common options trading strategies used by traders
You will also see how options traders analyze risk and reward using risk profile graphs and real market examples.
Continue Learning Options Trading
This course is the first step in the Options Trading in Plain English series.
If you want to continue developing your options trading skills after mastering the fundamentals, the series also includes:
Advanced Options Trading: Volatility, Greeks & Strategies
Learn advanced concepts such as volatility skew, option pricing models, advanced Greeks and professional trading strategies.
Managing Options Positions: Adjustments, Rolling & The Wheel
Learn how experienced traders manage positions over time using adjustments, rolling techniques and trade management strategies.
Together, these courses form a complete learning path from beginner concepts to advanced trading and position management.
Why This Course Is Different
Many options courses assume prior knowledge or introduce complex strategies too quickly.
This course focuses on building a strong foundation first so that you truly understand the mechanics of options trading before moving into strategies.
All concepts are explained in plain English and illustrated with examples so that beginners can follow the material easily.
Who This Course Is For
This course is designed for:
Beginners who want to learn options trading from the ground up
Stock traders who want to understand how options work
Investors who want to learn how calls and puts function in the market
Anyone interested in understanding the fundamentals of options trading
No previous experience with options is required.
Course Structure
The course begins with the fundamentals of call and put options and then gradually introduces more advanced concepts such as volatility, option Greeks, and payoff diagrams.
Once the core concepts are understood, the course introduces the most important options strategies and shows how traders analyze trades using risk profile graphs.
The goal is to help you build a clear understanding of the options market so that you can analyze option strategies with confidence.
Start Learning Options Trading Today
If you want to understand how options markets work and learn the fundamental concepts behind options trading, this course will give you a clear and structured introduction.
Enroll now and start learning options trading step by step.
Course Content
- 27 section(s)
- 105 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Call Options 101
- Section 2 Put Options 101
- Section 3 Options for Stock Traders
- Section 4 Basic Option Concepts
- Section 5 Volatility
- Section 6 Option Greeks: Delta
- Section 7 Option Greeks: Theta
- Section 8 Option Greeks: Gamma
- Section 9 Option Greeks: Vega
- Section 10 Getting ready to analyze Options Strategies
- Section 11 Buying a Call
- Section 12 Buying a Put
- Section 13 Selling a Put
- Section 14 Selling a Call
- Section 15 Covered Call
- Section 16 Vertical Debit Spreads
- Section 17 Vertical Credit Spreads
- Section 18 Strangle and Iron Condor
- Section 19 Straddle and Iron Butterfly
- Section 20 Calendar Spreads
- Section 21 How to trade the VIX
- Section 22 VIX calculation and settlement of VIX Futures and Options
- Section 23 Advanced Option Concepts
- Section 24 Dividend Risk
- Section 25 Adjusting and rolling Options Positions
- Section 26 Options Portfolio Management
- Section 27 Differences between current P/L and P/L at expiration for Options Strategies
What You’ll Learn
- Access the Options Market and trade Options Strategies efficiently and profitably, Master the most widely used Options Strategies: Buying and Selling Calls, Puts, Covered Calls, Call Spreads, Put Spreads, Strangles, Iron Condors, among others, Understand the foundations of Options in the Financial Markets and their practical uses as Strategic, Protection, Speculation, Leverage and Income Instruments, Create a demo account and download an Options Trading platform to gain access to the Options Market and follow along with the examples using real data, Understand the options exercise and assignment processes, Understand the concept of Volatility and its importance for option pricing, Explore all the factors that determine an Option's Price: Underlying Price, Strike Price, Time to Expiration, Implied Volatility, Dividends and Interest Rates, Use Option Greeks (Delta, Theta, Gamma, Vega) to measure and monitor your options strategies and understand their exposure to known risks, Get a quick overview of how options can help current Stock Traders better achieve their goals, Learn how to determine and implement the most efficient options strategy based on your outlook and current market conditions, Monitor, roll and adjust existing Options Positions to more efficiently achieve your profit targets, Determine your options position's Probability of Profit easily and accurately to help you make better and more informed trade management decisions, Estimate and take appropriate actions due to the impact of dividends and other distributions on long and short Options positions (Calls and/or Puts), Learn to trade the VIX by using VIX Futures, VIX ETFs and ETNs and VIX Options, Manage your Options Portfolio efficiently in order to maximize profits and minimize risks.
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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DDonatus Tamajong
Great analogy and terms explanation is very clear. I am loving this though still at the start of the process.
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PPablo Olivera Brizzio
So far extra clear, I love the style of explaining the obvious and showing calculations.
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BBrian Svenkeson
Cleaner and continous English by a professional reader would have helped here.
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AAbel-Marie SOULLIER
Excellent class on options trading!
