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Introduction to Options Trading

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Introduction to Basics of Options Trading

How to Trade Options

What “options” do options give you?

Profitability of Options

Buying Selling Call and Put Options

Short vs Put Options

European and American Options

Other types of Options

Game time! Drag and drop

Basics of Options Trading

Global Investment Challenge

Introduction to Advantages and Disadvantages of Options Trading

Benefits of Options

Using Options to Reduce Risk

Disadvantages of Options

Game time! Pros and Cons of options

Advantages and Disadvantages of Options

Introduction to Options Pricing

Basics of Option Pricing

Where do the value of options come from?

In-the-money, out-of-the-money, at-the-money

Example of option prices

Intrinsic Value

Time/Extrinsic value

Quiz time! Guess the answer

Options Pricing - Basic

Introduction to Advanced Options Analysis & Greeks

Option Greeks

Intrinsic value - Delta

Using delta as a probability for profit

Time value - Theta

What is implied volatility

Implied volatility - Vega

Gamma - Changes in delta

Game time! Mix and match

Advanced Options Pricing & Greeks

Introduction to Black Scholes Model

Black Scholes Model

Game time! Crossword

Black Scholes Model for Options Pricing

Introduction to Options Trading Strategies

Reading Option Data

Review time! image hotspot

Option payoff diagram

Covered Call

Mirror/Married put

Bull Call Spread

Straddles

Strangles

Option Trading Strategies

Why tie up your money in stocks when you can get equally good returns with Options trading? This is the prevalent thinking today and this course gets you ready to do just that! Learn the ins-and-outs of Option trading and test your trading skills in our AI-driven virtual trading platform. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?In this options trading course, students will begin by learning about what options are, the difference between put and call options and how to trade options. By the end of he course, you will be able to fully understand and execute an options trade.Fundamentals of Options:✅ What are options? How do Options work?✅ "Call" and "Put" Options✅ Roles and responsibilities of Option Holder and Option WriterOptions Pricing and Evaluating:The next part of this course will explore the profitability of options, teaching students how profit works with both call and put options.✅ Different types of Options: American vs European✅ Long vs Short Options Trades✅ Advantages and disadvantages of Options Trading✅ Option pricing including premiums, expiry and supply and demand✅ Value of Options: Intrinsic vs Extrinsic( being in-the-money, at-the-money and out-of-the-money)Option Greeks &amp; Risk Analysis:✅ Following our conversations related to the basics of options pricing, this chapter then continues with an examination of what are called options greeks - risk factors (which determine an option’s price) that are each identified by a letter in the greek alphabet.✅ Finally, this chapter will conclude by wrapping options trading up and providing students with a window into a popular options pricing model called the Black Scholes model - which will help learners to collate all the previous options pricing information learned in this course into a succinct and easily digestible practical application. PREREQUISITE(S): Introduction to Derivatives (ENCM06)

Options Trading: Online self-paced course for ages 16+ covering calls, puts, pricing, profitability, option types, long/short trades, Greeks, Black-Scholes, and practical concepts using an AI-driven virtual trading platform.

Options Trading

Hasina Lookman

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