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A free library of options courses, strategies, terms and tools. Start anywhere, learn at your own pace.

100+ Lessons
70+ Strategies
190+ Terms
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Intermediate Strategies

15 strategies · Two-leg spreads that cap your risk and cost while you pick a direction.

Advanced Strategies

45 strategies · Multi-leg structures for precise views on direction, time, and volatility.

Neutral Strategies

17 strategies · Ways to get paid when a stock goes nowhere, selling both sides with defined risk.

Why is this completely free?

Almost every options education site exists to funnel you into a $2,000 course, a paid Discord, or a proprietary trading system. OptionsAcademy doesn't do that.

My goal is to provide the same level of education I used as a licensed financial advisor, accessible to anyone. Every lesson, strategy, and tool on this site is free and always will be.

So how does the site stay running?

The site is entirely supported by student donations. If a lesson helps you make a better trade, there is a PayPal tip jar. That's it.

No paywalls, no hidden upsells, no gimmicks. Just honest education.

Read more about Sal and the site's philosophy →

Learn Options Trading For Free. For Real.

A free library of options courses, strategies, terms and tools. Start anywhere, learn at your own pace.

100+ Lessons 70+ Strategies 190+ Terms

Courses

100+ lessons · 7 tracks

Beginner Course

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Learn what options are, how they work, and how to place your first trade with confidence.

  1. 1 Lesson 1 — What Are Options?
  2. 2 Lesson 2 — How Options Contracts Work
  3. 3 Lesson 3 — Call Options Explained
  4. 4 Lesson 4 — Put Options Explained
  5. See all 20 lessons
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Strategies

70+ plays · beginner to advanced
Where most people start
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Handbook

190+ terms in plain English
Looked up most
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Why is this completely free?

Almost every options education site exists to funnel you into a $2,000 course, a paid Discord, or a proprietary trading system. OptionsAcademy doesn't do that.

My goal is to provide the same level of education I used as a licensed financial advisor, accessible to anyone. Every lesson, strategy, and tool on this site is free and always will be.

So how does the site stay running?

The site is entirely supported by student donations. If a lesson helps you make a better trade, there is a PayPal tip jar. That's it.

No paywalls, no hidden upsells, no gimmicks. Just honest education.

Read more about Sal and the site's philosophy →