Options Trading Strategy & Education

Options offer alternative strategies for investors to profit from trading underlying securities. Learn the basic options strategies such as calls, puts, covered calls, and protective puts.
Spread: The difference or gap that exists between two prices, rates, or yields.
Spreads𒀰 in Finance: The Multiple Meanings in Trading Explained
Stock Option
What Are Stock Options? 🎃Parameters and Trading, With Examples
Volatility
Volatility: Meaning in 𒁏Finance and How It Works With Stocks
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Why Trading Volume and Open Interest Matter to Options Tra🍃de🍒rs
LEAPS
LEAPS: ౠHow Long-Term Equity Anticipation Securities Opt🌳ions Work
4 Ways to Trade Options
At the Money (ATM): Definition & How It Works꧋ in Options Trading
Buy to Open: Definition, What It Means in Trading, and Exa♚mple
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American vs. European Options: What's the Difference?
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Short Selling vs. Put Options: What's the Difference?
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In the Money vs. Out of the Money: What's the Difference?
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Put-Call Ratio Meaning and How to Use It to Gauge Market Sentimeꦗnt
Exercise Price: O🌜verview, Put and Calls, In and Out of The Money
Leg: D🐈efinition in T🐽rading, How It Works, and Strategy Types
Protective Put: Buying a put option on an asset an investor owns to guard against a drop in its price.
Protective Put:🤡 What It Is, 𒊎How It Works, and Examples
Rights Offering (Issue)
Rights Offer♎ing (Issue) Definition, Types, Pros and Cons
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What Is a Short Call in Options Trading, and How Does It 𓆏Work?
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A Beginner’s Guide to Call Buying
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Options Trading Decoded: 5 Key 'Greeks' You Must Understand
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Introduction to Put Writing
Am🎃erican Option Definition, Pros & Cons, Examples
Deep in the Money: Definition and How They're Used in Trade
Triple Witching: The simultaneous expiration of stock options, stock index futures, and stock index options contracts on the same day, which occurs every three months.
Triple Witching: Definition and Impact on Trading in F♍inal Hour
Options Contract
Options Contract: Wh🍌at It Is, How It Works, Types of Contr🦂acts
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What Is 🌺a Call in Finance? Call Options ﷽and Call Auctions
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Time Value: Definition, Role in Extrinsic Value,ꦫ and Calcu👍lation
Business Planning
Interest R🐽ate Call Option: What it is, How it🏅 Works, Example
How Long Is an Options Expiration Cycle?
A trader uses call and put options with the same strike price and expiry to create an offsetting forward position.
Synthetic Forward Contra🎉ct: Definition, How It Works, Example
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Using Open Interest to Find Bull/Bear Signals
Exercise: Definit♍ion and How It Works With Options
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Is It Possible to Trade Forex Options?
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SPAN Margin: Definition, How It Works, Advantages
Zero Cost Collar: Definition and Example
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Index Option: Option Con﷽tracts Based on a Benchmark Index
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Quadruple (Quad) Witch❀ing: Definition and How It Impacts𝐆 Stocks
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What I🌠s Early🐠 Exercise? Benefits to Selling a Call Option Early
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Options Trading Strategi꧒es: Understanding Position Delta
Implied Volatility: Buy Low and Sell High
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How To Gain From Selling Put Options in Any M♊arket
Best Options Trading Platforms for April 2025
Best Options Trading Platforms For June 2025
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Balloon Option: What It is, How It Works
Top 7 Mistakes When Trading in Cheap Options
Eurex: What it is, History, Trading Technology
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Put Calendar: What It Is, How It Works, Example
Delta Hedging: An options strategy that seeks to reduce the directional risk associated with price movements in the underlying asset.
Delta Hedging: Defini🤡tion, How It Works, and Example
Risk Reversal: Definition, How It Work🐼s, and Examples
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Options Industry Council (OIC): What It is, How it꧟ ꧋Works
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Benefits of a Covered Call ETF
What Is a Naked (Uncovered or Short) Put and Ho꧑w Doe𝓡s It Work?
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A Guide to Trading Binary Options in the US
Intrinsic Value
Intrinsic Value: Definition and How It's Determined in Investing and Business
Assignment: Definition i♋n Finance, How It Works, and Examples
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The Basics of Covered Calls
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Put Option vs. Call Option: When To Sell
Put-Call Parity
Put-Call Parity: Definition, Formula, How It Works, and Examp🌳les
Stock percentages
What Is Del💟ta in Derivatives Trading, and How Does It Work?
Buy-Write Definition, Strategy🎀, How It Works, Examples
What Is a Naked Option? How Naked 🀅Calls and Puts Work
Oil Volatility and How to Profit From It

Options and Derivatives