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Options Crash Course: The Essentials in 12 Lessons
The fast track: the essentials of options in one short, focused course.
Course lessons
12 lessons · free forever- 01 What Are Options? Understand what an options contract is, how it works, and why traders use them.
- 02 How Options Contracts Work The mechanics of an options contract: size, expiration, and obligation.
- 03 Call Options Explained Everything you need to know about call options and the right to buy.
- 04 Put Options Explained Everything you need to know about put options and the right to sell.
- 05 Buying vs Selling Options The fundamental difference between being a buyer and a seller.
- 06 Strike Price Explained How to pick a strike price and what it means for your trade.
- 07 Expiration Dates Weekly, monthly, and LEAPS expirations and when to use each.
- 08 Option Premium What makes up the price of an option and why it changes.
- 09 In the Money, At the Money, Out of the Money How moneyness works and why it affects everything.
- 10 How to Read an Option Chain Break down a real option chain: strikes, bids, asks, volume, and open interest.
- 11 Your First Options Trade A complete walkthrough from picking a stock to closing the position.
- 12 How to Close an Options Position Sell to close, buy to close, and when to let options expire.